One question - assuming that a GT6 coupling is the same as a Spitfire one,
where did you get the bushings? I have replaced the whole thing, but I have
never found replacement bushings. The new one I got from Moss does not look
like the bushings are replaceable as they are swaged in place.
Kevin Rhodes
Portland, Maine
Freddy the Spit
At 15:35 11/16/2000 -0500, Martin A. Secrest wrote:
>Hi all:
>
>Just replaced the rubber bushings on the steering coupling on my GT6-3,
>a job I'd been putting off for a while (with good reason).
>
>Time and oil had reduced these bushings to mere shells of their former
>selves, and I had an inch of play in my steering wheel and lots of
>highway speed shakes.
>
>Now the wheel is good and tight (oh -- so that's what it's supposed to
>feel like ...), and highway speed vibration in the wheel is way down
>(but not quite gone).
>
>For anyone contemplating this job on a GT or Spit, set aside 4-8 hours,
>depending on how hard it is to release the lower steering column from
>the coupling. The effective working space on this part is VERY tight,
>given that your hands are stuck inside the LH shock tower most of the
>time. E-mail me directly if you want a longer description of the other
>fun encounters I just went throught with this one. Bottom line, was it
>worth it? Yeah.
>
>--
>Martin Secrest
>73 GT6
>72 TR6
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