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2004-08-08 by Dave Barton
Hello all Long time since I last posted........changed jobs,seperated from wife....blah,blah,blah......anyway I noticed today as I was fitting the steering wheel to the column that the body of the steering rack is rotating on the tubes that hold the steering rods is this normal cheers dave #5577
2004-08-10 by pauldransfield@iname.com
Hi Dave, Could you be more specific with your description. Are you referring to the rose joints, the bushings supporting the steering shaft? If so, the usual problem is that the shaft rotates within the bushing, wearing the shaft. Ideally, the shaft should remain fixed with the bush doing the rotating. It's a common problem for the bush to get dry and stop rotating. Usually by the time you realise it, no amount of oil will persuade the bush to resume it's job. The solution is to replace the rose joints and sometimes the shaft as well if it's too worn. Regards, Paul Dransfield 3 litre Volvo
-----Original Message----- From: Dave Barton [mailto:d.barton@sympatico.ca] Sent: August 8, 2004 5:58 PM To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com Subject: [MarcosManiacs] steering rack Hello all Long time since I last posted........changed jobs,seperated from wife....blah,blah,blah......anyway I noticed today as I was fitting the steering wheel to the column that the body of the steering rack is rotating on the tubes that hold the steering rods is this normal cheers dave #5577 Yahoo! Groups Links
2004-08-10 by Dave Barton
Hi Paul
I have replaced the rose joints, that is not the problem............I am
talking about the steering rack itself.......think of the rack as rear axle
with the centre section and the axle tubes.........the centre section that
houses the ring and pinion for the steering
rack is rotating on the tube that houses the 2 rods that bolt up to the
steering knuckle........I hope that is better explained
dave----- Original Message ----- From: <pauldransfield@...> To: <MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 11:26 AM Subject: RE: [MarcosManiacs] steering rack Hi Dave, Could you be more specific with your description. Are you referring to the rose joints, the bushings supporting the steering shaft? If so, the usual problem is that the shaft rotates within the bushing, wearing the shaft. Ideally, the shaft should remain fixed with the bush doing the rotating. It's a common problem for the bush to get dry and stop rotating. Usually by the time you realise it, no amount of oil will persuade the bush to resume it's job. The solution is to replace the rose joints and sometimes the shaft as well if it's too worn. Regards, Paul Dransfield 3 litre Volvo -----Original Message----- From: Dave Barton [mailto:d.barton@...] Sent: August 8, 2004 5:58 PM To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com Subject: [MarcosManiacs] steering rack Hello all Long time since I last posted........changed jobs,seperated from wife....blah,blah,blah......anyway I noticed today as I was fitting the steering wheel to the column that the body of the steering rack is rotating on the tubes that hold the steering rods is this normal cheers dave #5577 Yahoo! Groups Links Yahoo! Groups Links