Hello Mitch. It seems that all you need to do is remove the one bolt
holding it to the steering box. I marked mine so I knew where to put back
the rod later. I believe now that the front of the rod might already have a
mark punched in to it that lines up w/ something. I soaked that part w/
WD40. I still had to put a cloth over the rod, set a vise grip around the
rod and then hit it gently w/a small hammer. Best of luck. Larry.
-----Original Message-----
From: Mitch Planck [mailto:mitch@ias.net]
Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2001 6:47 AM
To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
Subject: dirt city
I spent a few hours yesterday getting my four year old son dirty by letting
him help me clean out the trunk of my new roadster. Thirty odd years of dirt
can get nasty. My plan is to do a frame-off with my two roadsters and the
newer one has a good headstart. A few POs ago someone took off most of the
body bolts, and tons of other bolts, and threw them in the trunk. I
collected them into a box for future sorting and also took off most of the
hardware on the rear end of the car. After that my son and I started wiping
out the dirt from the trunk - I think the car lost a couple pounds just from
that. It looks much nicer now and I can forsee lots of future work. The
passenger compartment is almost as dirty too.
I do have a question though. The steering wheel had been unfastened from the
dash console area and was just hanging there. To aid in body removal, I need
to take it off. I pulled on it and it and the steering column came off,
leaving the rod that goes from the steering wheel to the gear box hanging
there. How do I remove that rod? Put the steering wheel back on (the bolt
that holds the rod there had been taken off) and bolt it on and then pull
hard or is there some other way? It looks like the rod isn't bolted to the
other end, kind of just sitting there.
Mitch Planck
'69 1600
'70 1600
Chelsea, MI
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