Well, just to follow up on this, I found the shims at Moss UK in their
on-line catalog; different part number. If nothing else turns up locally,
I'll try to order from them.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven Hess" <shess1@frontiernet.net>
To: "'Wayne Francis'" <whfrancis@sbcglobal.net>
Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 3:41 PM
Subject: RE: TD Ball Seat Shims
> This pretty obvious but for parts so small why not just have them mailed
> or
> Fedexed from a parts house in the UK
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-mg-t@Autox.Team.Net [mailto:owner-mg-t@Autox.Team.Net] On
> Behalf
> Of Wayne Francis
> Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 5:12 PM
> To: MG-List
> Subject: TD Ball Seat Shims
>
> All -
> I've got the steering rack apart on my early TD for cleaning (grease)
> and
> re-assembly. The shims for the tie-rod ball housing are absolutely
> butchered
> from the previous assembly with large pipe wrenches. Moss doesn't carry
> the
> shims; Abingdon is "out" and unlikely to have a shipment from UK til
> March,
> or
> so. I can't re-assemble the housings until I get some kind of shims in
> there.
> Any ideas? Anyone know of a supplier? Am I going to be cutting shim
> stock
> into little bitty circles? Appreciate any suggestions.
> Wayne Francis
> 50 TD
> Ojai, CA
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