It has to be compressed in order to fit. I used a "C" clamp, put the two
bolts in, then moved the clamp to the other side and did the other two
bolts. I have heard of people using a hose clamp to compress the whole
thing, but haven't tried that personally.
-Eric
At 04:22 PM 7/4/03 -0700, you wrote:
>I'm trying to fit the rubber steering coupler to my
>'69 TR6 and having a bear of a time. I bought the
>part from a reputable dealer (TRF) but it seems the
>bolt pattern is about 1/8" too wide.
>
>The original coupler had regular two bolts and two
>allen headed bolts neither the all bolt or all allen
>screw setups the catalogs list. (Its all dried out
>and grizzly and frankly I don't trust it).
>
>I'm guessing TRF couldn't get something so basic sooo
>wrong so there must be a TRick, can anyone share it
>with me?
>
>Thanks!
>Steve
>Racine, WI
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