Hi all,
>
> Result : for under $30 the car's handling was absolutely
> transformed! (Of
> course, I'd already rebuilt the rest of the front suspension the year
> before, without doing the box.) Someone teased me the other
> day about not
> being able to park with only thumb and forefinger ... well I
> tried it and
> it's not all that hard. Most of the time I only use one hand
> to parallel
> park.
When I rebuilt the steering box last year ( with lots of help from this
great list ), my leaks were from the front bolts and "olive" fitting. After
taking it apart and putting gasket seal on the bolts ( the purple goop,
looks and smells like grape jelly, loctite I think ), it has not leaked
since. I also can parallel park and turn single handed, I thought I had
missed something with all of the stories of tightness, sloppy straight line.
Thanks Randall, for confirming I am not crazy ( at least on this point )
I used QS 90w gear oil. The only thing I would like is a slightly better
turning radius for tight turns.
David Templeton
'59 Triumph TR3a
'74 Triumph Spitfire
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