Perhaps I'll try ASCII art. Or you could start sending pieces; we
could try warmer/colder 'til you finally get it right? No? OK.
On to the part I seek. Closest to the driver, on the steering column,
we find a large round (13 to 15 inch diameter) circular member which
we grip with hands while driving. Torque from that element is
transmitted through a multiplicity of straight members, attached to
and disposed radially about a centrally-located circular member which
attaches to a rotating shaft. All of those items have nothing to do
with the part I'm talking about.
However, if you go a little further down the column, just forward of
the instrument panel there is a formed sheet steel bracket (hanging
down from the underside of something) which supports the steering
column. Now we are getting closer! Attaching the sleeve of the
steering column to this bracket is a U-shaped (I'm not sure if it's
you-shaped or ewe-shaped, but that may not matter). The bottom part
of the ewe has legs that stick up (I guess it does matter after all)
surrounding the steering column, projecting through the "magical part"
which I am trying to describe, then through the bottom flange of the
bracket (remember the bracket hanging down?) and then each leg gets a
spring washer and nut to hold the whole mess from dropping in your lap
while negotiating the back alleys of a dark city.
If this doesn't help identify the part, then I hope it at least
provided diversion from some more mundane task. (I'm still willing to
try the part-at-a-time; that would obviate the need for such
communications. Hmmmm.) Maybe I don't need ascii art (except that
``U-shaped'' gizmo).
> On Thu, 15 Jul 1999, Donald H. Locker wrote:
>
> > I am missing the rubber-in-steel (I think) top steering column clamp.
> > It's the part that would be the saddle of a cable clamp or muffler
> > clamp that the U-bolt fits into. The bottom, which is the U-bolt
> > part, exists and seems to be a rubber-in-steel (I think) gizmo. The
> > big three don't list them; any suggestions? I may fabricate one, but
> > don't plan to try to vulcanise rubber-to-steel.
>
> Sorry, but I'm not absolutely sure I can picture the part you're
> describing. I probably have one, but I'd hate to send you a whole car
> piece-by-piece until we hit the right item! :-)
>
> > code for this vehicle is 56 (Royal Blue), and that is what (I think) is
> > under the windscreen frame...much darker blue (like the bag Crown Royal
> > comes in) than the current colour (like Kellogg's Rice Krispies (tm)
> > box)....
>
> Now if only you could describe steering column bits as well as you do
> colors! :-) Sounds to me as if you've got original Crown Royal as a body
> color, not Rice Krispies box.
>
Well, my dear spouse tells me that the Crown Royal bag is more purple
than blue. I hope that didn't confuse anyone. I'm colour blind and
stuff like that happens.
> --Andy
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> p.s. Anyone here wealthy enough to have purchased Royal Salute recently?
> The bag that comes in also is a nice Triumph color as I recall. But then
> I've paid less for any number of Triumphs than I would for a bottle of
> Royal Salute.
I don't know Royal Salute; Glen Fiddich doesn't count, does it? I
don't even remember if it has a bag. Unless I provide my own. Is
brown a nice Triumph colour? :)
Donald.
(Flying high on the feeling that comes of dismantling, then
discovering, that the body of the PDWA doesn't seem too badly
corroded after who-knows-how-long. The bore even looks servicable!)
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