David,
Apologies if this is stating what is already obvious to you but...
The pinch bolt aligns with a "neck" in the steering pinion. So the bolt
needs to be fully removed before the steering shaft will fit over the
splines of the rack pinion. It then needs to slide far enough on for the
pinch bolt to align with the waist part of the pinion.
I assume you got this, but if perchance you are simply slackening the pinch
bolt but not fully removing it, then this could be your problem.
Guy
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From <DLancer7676 at cs.com>
To: <midgetsprite@yahoogroups.com>; <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 12:36 AM
Subject: [midgetsprite] Still Steering.
> I got a chance to check out my steering problems this morning. My plan
was
> to loosen all the mounting bolts and pull the steering column away from
the
> steering rack and reassemble it by the numbers. The manual indicated that
the
> pinch fitting would fit over the steering rack gear easily. Disassembly
> required a crow bar and a large hammer to eventually separate the column
and the
> rack. Once the column was separated from the rack, the rack seemed to
move much
> easier. I am thinking I assembled the rack and column in a bind.
> So trying to reassemble it, the pinch fitting still balks at going
onto
> the steering rack shaft. I did install (this morning) the distance piece
on
> the left (driver's) side of the rack to try to straighten everything up.
> Should the steering column be that difficult to slide over the shaft?
> The manual says to install the shaft and THEN tighten the mounting
> bolts. I plan to go that route to see if it loosens up the steering.
But I don't
> really want to hammer the pinch bolt onto the steering rack shaft if it is
> supposed to be a slide fit. Anybody have a comment on this?
>
> --David C.
>
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