jspeiser wrote:
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> 1) Felt bushings: The original bushings are felt which was very dense. Some
>of the felt provided today is not as dense. I have read of others using
>leather instead of felt. Leather will absorb oil, but not as fast. The older
>Coleman lanterns and pressurized garden sprayers used leather cups to seal the
>pump and these were always lubricated and soaked with oil.
> 2) To deal with the worn area on the rack, where the pinion sits when the
> wheels point straight ahead, I've been wondering if anyone has tried the
> fix in which you turn the steering wheel a half turn (clockwise or
> counterclockwise??),
This can be done, but it reduces the steering lock on one side and increases it
on another. Therefore the car at full lock makes a smaller circle in one
direction and a larger circle the other. The larger circle will cause no
problems but the smaller one, if to small, may overcenter and make it very
difficult to straighten the wheel.
Another remedy which helps some, is to disassemble the rack and rotate the
pinion gear 180 degrees. This will place an unworn section of the pinion in the
straight ahead position. However, on the two TD racks I have dissasembled the
rack seems to wear a lot more than the pinion.
Blake
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