On Jun 24, 6:08pm, Charles Y. Farwell wrote:
> So I thought the simple fix for sloppy TR4 steering was replace the
> rubber bushings - 8 bolts, piece of cake, right? I forgot the LBC
> addage, however, that nothing ever fits quite right!!!
I assume we're talking about the rotoflex-type couplings that are in the
steering column?
> The four holes on the bushings (from TRF) are about 1/8" wider than
> they should be. No big deal for the first three, actually, but by
> the time you are ready to put in the 4th, the bushing has been
> compressed such that the skew is probably 1/4" or greater!
Yup, that's the way they are.
> On the top bushing I corrected the skew (with some difficulty) using
> a C clamp. On the bottom one, though, there is no way to affix the
> clamp. What's the trick? Am I going about this all wrong? Any hints
> would be welcomed.
There are two things that you can do. When I was still using the
rubber pieces in my steering column, I used a hefty hose clamp to
compress the piece to get the bolts installed. However, I'm now
using the metal U-joints from a TR-6 steering column instead.
John Lye
rjl6n@virginia.EDU
http://avery.med.virginia.edu/~rjl6n/homepage.htm
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