Re: steering shaft end play

["Peter C." <nosimport@mailbag.com>]

Consider drilling and installing a hardened roll pin.
         PPP
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At 12:46 PM 3/12/2006, you wrote:

>I pulled the pinch bolt out.  It looks OK except possibly a little bent.  PO
>had a nyloc nut on it with flat washers.  The machined area around the
>splines is a little worn.  I can detect no play in the pinion with hand
>pressure only so can I assume the shims are correct?
>
>Off to buy a bolt.