Ideally the column shaft should pass through the centre of the firewall
hole, I suppose, but the critical thing is that the column shaft and the
rack shaft should be correctly aligned with each other.
If this alignment is correct but the column shaft is rubbing on the
firewall, then maybe you could alter the rack shims appropriately then
realign the column to get a better fit.
PaulH.
http://freespace.virgin.net/paul.hunt1/
or if that doesn't work try
http://194.168.54.52/paul.hunt1
-----Original Message-----
From: Enrique Claure <spaninc@ceibo.entelnet.bo>
To: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: 08 August 1999 01:22
Subject: Steering colunm alignment
>Hi list, I was fastening my dash harness when I noticed I could see light
>trough the bottom of my steering column on the bottom of the fire wall. The
>bottom of the column ends in a cylinder with a lip that is supposed to seal
>on the fire wall gasket. In my case they bottom cylinder does not slide
>inside the fire wall and instead mounts on top the fire wall gasket. I
>removed the steering column leaving the bottom shaft attached to the
>U-joints. What I notice is that the shaft that goes into the car is to far
>to the right and in order to be straight with the column must scrape the
>right of the firewall hole. I understand that the shaft should enter the
>whole in the middle?. Strange thing is my steering rack is brand spanking
>new and seems to fit perfectly through the engine mount base hole? I figure
>I can only adjust the top U-joints? Thanks for any suggestions
>Enrique
>
>SPAN Inc
>(Enrique Claure)
>8416 NW 66 St
>Miami Florida
>33166
>Forwarding Offices
>
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