It sounds like you're on the right track. There is a bush in the steering
column up near the steering wheel end -- when I replaced mine it reduced the
side-to-side play considerably. The replacement is a nylon piece -- I think
the original is felt or something. It wasn't that difficult to replace, in
my case, but YMMV -- original steering wheels can be very difficult to
remove.
on 6/27/02 8:25 PM, MonteMorris at mmorris@nemr.net wrote:
> I took the 67B on a 300 mile, top-down cruise this week. It is still running
> great and still has a small shimmy. It gets 28 MPH, is this about normal?
> I had Les Schwab attempt to balance the wire wheels and tires on my trip back
> from Seattle and they found that three wheels were too far out of round to
> balance correctly. I found an old "bubble" wheel balancer (that you all
> suggested to use) and rebalanced all the wire wheels myself to try to isolate
> the small shimmy I've been having. I can't believe how many wheel weights were
> on each wheel; enough to at least replumb part of Rome! I took them all off
> and got all wheels balanced correctly and there is now very little shimmy. The
> remainder must be in the rack/pinion, the worn bushings, and the steering
> wheel.
>
> I have the bushings and will probably find the time in the next month to
> replace them, but I don't know what to do about the shimmy in the steering
> wheel. Has anyone replaced the bushes and bearings in the steering wheel? When
> I grab onto the inner column under the hood (just below the U-joint) and
> wiggle it, it has some side to side play in it. The steering wheel rattles
> when I hit bumps.
> Oh Learned Ones, what suggestions do you have for me?
>
> Monte 79B, 67B, and 74 1/2 parts car
> Kahoka, MO USA
>
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