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Old 08-29-2012, 03:28 PM   #439
Vic Piano
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Default Re: What I Did on My Lunch Hour

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Originally Posted by Mart View Post
Re the steering, check for end play on the worm bearings first. Look very carefully at the gap between the back of the wheel and the column shroud. turn the wheel from side to side and look to see if the gap increases and decreases as you turn it back and forth. If it does you need to remove shims to reduce the play to zero, but not so much to make it tight.

Then look at the mesh between the roller and the worm. loosen the locknut and with the steering disconnected ideally turn the steering back and forth past the central position feeling for tightness in the middle. carefully turn the screw in until the tightness begins to be felt, and back it off just enough to stop the tightness.

Lock it up and all should be good.

There may be other ways to do the job but this is the way I have tended to do it.

Mart.
Mart, thanks. I appreciate that and I'll give it a try. vic
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