Is this paper on the top, side, or both contact faces? Perhaps it was
to slow down the corrosion that is common when you put dissimilar
metals together. Thus, the wax impreg to keep them more effectively
apart.
On 1/14/07, MICHAEL CARPENTER <MAIL4CARPENTERS@peoplepc.com> wrote:
> I have taken apart about 10 Bugeyes and an even greater number of
> side-curtain Spridgets. Yes, there is a paper like gasket under the
> steering rack brackets on Spridgets that are original. It almost seems like
> a wax impreg paper.
>
> MC
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brad Fornal" <tequila.brad@gmail.com>
> To: "Phil Nase" <nase@ptd.net>
> Cc: "Spridgets List" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 9:43 AM
> Subject: Re: Steering rack bracket
>
>
> > The only spacer I have ever seen, on ALL Spridgets, including the 60
> > Bugeye that has a slight start to RHD status, was the metal spacer
> > about 1/4" thick. This cants the rack enough to accommodate the fact
> > that the column does not go straight into it from the instrument
> > panel.
> >
> > On 1/14/07, Phil Nase <nase@ptd.net> wrote:
> >> I thought when I took the steering rack off the BE there were paper
> >> gaskets
> >> between the steering rack brackets and the chassis. I don't see a
> >> reference
> >> to them in any book.
> >>
> >> Do they just bolt up to the frame w/o any material in there?
> >>
> >> Phil Nase
> >> Quakertown, PA
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