Wednesday, January 25, 2012

INSTALLING THE STEERING COLUMN



 At the end of the day, Bill and I spent an hour or so installing the steering column.











With the column in place the two nylon guides on the ends of steering rack shaft and the steering column must be installed to aid in the alignment of the steering column.  When properly aligned the universal joint that connects the two ends of the shafts will work properly.  As you can see in the photo to the left, the alignment is not quite right yet.  The steering rack must be aligned using shims.  The steering rack is then removed, the universal installed and the steering rack replaced with the shims located properly.  It takes some time to get it right.  

Stay tuned,
Tom McCurry