the real beauty of the adjustable wheel is after you remove the nut, get it
clean and lubed, you put it back the same way, as close to the fascia as
possible.
jerry
BJ8Healeys wrote:
>
> Hi, Michael -
>
> The nut turns CLOCKWISE to LOOSEN, as you view it sitting in the driver's
> seat. I have successfully loosened the nut with a chain wrench after
> padding the nut with an old cloth. Adjust the wrench by trial and error to
> get it tight enough not to slip, and it should not damage the nut. I
> believe the nut has a metal core, anyway.
>
> Steve Byers
> HBJ8L/36666
> BJ8 Registry
> Havelock, NC USA
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-healeys@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-healeys@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Awgertoo@aol.com
> Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 12:28 PM
> To: smithn00@kitepilot.net; healeys@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Adjustable Steering Column
>
>
> In a message dated 11/16/2005 3:17:30 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> smithn00@kitepilot.net writes:
> Then I feel the adjusting collar on the steering wheel is frozen. I can turn
> it with pliers but not by hand. What lubricant would you use on Bakelite?
> Does the tightening ring screw all the way off?
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> The collar on my wife's 3000 is frozen--has been since I got the car. Since
> the wheel is adjusted all the way in I have never attempted to loosen the
> locknut with channel-locks or a pipe wrench as I was afraid to crack the
> bakelight
> but I am very interested to see what is recommended. BTW is this a
> "righty-tighty" deal when facing the wheel or is it the other way around?
>
> Best--Michael Oritt
>
> Y
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