My '71 B must have the collapsible column, I was unable to move just the
shaft.
In lieu of the cones, I left everything a little loose and turned the
steering wheel back and forth with the front jacked up. I then tightend
everything up. The steering is turning freely with no wooble in the shafts,
so I assume the Ujoint is lined up. I hope this is good enough. I don't see
how the cone alignment could work, because after the alignment one would
have to loosen the steering column again to get the Ujoint assembly back on.
Has anyone been able to get the assembly on/off without retracting one of
the shafts?
Bob Donahue (Still stuck in the '50s)
Email - bobmgtd@insightbb.com
52 MGTD - NEMGTR #11470
71 MGB - NAMGBR #7-3336
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Telewest (PH)" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
To: "Bob Howard" <mgbob@juno.com>; <ATWEDITOR@aol.com>
Cc: <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 7:07 AM
Subject: Re: Ujoint off Steering Column
> Only by replicating them. Some have mentioned using BluTack, I have
wrapped
> stiff wire round the shaft with one free end where the point would be,
which
> can be set by rotating each shaft and adjusting the wire until rotates at
a
> single point in space and doesn't describe a circle. Remember the proper
> points also set the londitudinal position of each shaft, not just their
> relative lateral position. On my non-collapsible column the inner moves
in
> and out freely, its final position being set by the UJ, so that is not an
> issue. It may be with collapsible columns.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Howard" <mgbob@juno.com>
> To: <ATWEDITOR@aol.com>
> Cc: <mgs@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 3:53 PM
> Subject: Re: Ujoint off Steering Column
>
>
> > Once things have been moved around to slip off the u-joint, is there
a
> > way to center the shafts without having the two little cone/point tools?
> > Bob
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