Peter,
There is also an "inti-rattle" cerated "shim that fits on the stator
tube. This is usually lost and not replaced.
Doug
> Peter,
>
> This is a SWAG ("Scientific Wild-Assed Guess"), but we're rebuilding
> our
> 100's steering and noticed a couple parts (
>
http://www.mossmotors.com/Shop/SearchResults.aspx?SearchText=262-320&WebC
atalogID=0
>
> ) which might apply. These are rubber rings--probably square-cut
> O-rings--which are sometimes described as 'anti-rattle' and appear
> to be
> used to keep the steering shaft from contacting the steering sleeve.
> I
> would imagine this noise would be most noticeable at idle and slow
> speed. Ours were missing but there are a couple of rubbery smears
> on
> the shaft where they might have been 50 or so years ago.
>
>
> Bob
>
>
>
> Peter Ehn wrote:
> > Hello all!
> >
> > This summer, after rebuilding my entire engine and getting it
> tight and smooth
> > and quiet, I now have a new issue to deal with (perhaps because I
> haven't
> > heard it earlier):
> >
> > At idleing speed, I have a very annoying noise coming from my
> steering column.
> > It sort of goes "cloink-cloink-cloink" in beat with the engine
> vibrations.
> > This bugs me, because the car otherwise "ticks like a clock". At
> higher revs
> > it is not audible. If I, e.g. when at a stop, hear this noise, and
> slightly
> > put pressure on the steering wheel (right or left) it seizes. At
> idle again,
> > standing at the engine bay, I can actually feel and hear
> vibrations approx.
> > 40-50 cm in front of the firewall.
> > Is it the stator tube? Or ? Should I dismantle the whole steering
> column an
> > steering gear? Alot of work for a little noise, but who said we're
> not crazy?
> >
> > Appreciate any ideas or experience of something like this.
> >
> > Brgds, Peter Ehn
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------
> > Peter Ehn, 1967 BJ8-42208
> > Eloppevdgen 36
> > 168 56 Bromma, Sweden
> > Tel : +46 708 33 72 97
> > email: peter.ehn@it-arkitekterna.se
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