Mark, My steering shaft was still good so I put it back in. Fortunately for
me it would only fit the steering arm easily in one location so that's how I
installed it. A no brainer. I destroyed the original idler shaft removing it
so I put in a new one. The idler shaft doesn't have to be installed in the
"correct" position because it turns freely, not according to the dictates of
the worm gear on the steering column. I used the approximate correct length
of the crossrod to set the idler shaft to the idler arm when I set mine up.
Sorry I can't help more on this question. Richard Bittmann
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark and Kathy" <mgtrcars@galaxyinternet.net>
To: "Richard Bittmann" <edmyed@harbornet.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2005 11:12 AM
Subject: Re: steering question
> Hey Richard, I guess I thought the idler and the control box arms had a
> large spline every quarter turn to make sure that the arms weren't put on
> wrong.
>
> I have mine put together right now and can't check this out.
>
> Any chance that you remember this as being true or not.
>
> Mark
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard Bittmann" <edmyed@harbornet.com>
> To: "Mark and Kathy" <mgtrcars@galaxyinternet.net>
> Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2005 12:32 AM
> Subject: Fw: steering question
>
>
>> What I heard from the list ranged from "it's normal for the steering not
>> to be symetrical" to "it's adjustable by one spline of the steering shaft
>> at a time". I'm now inclined to believe that the former is correct since
>> 2 people gave this answer. Richard Bittmann BJ7 Tacoma
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Richard Bittmann" <edmyed@harbornet.com>
>> To: "healeys" <healeys@autox.team.net>; "Mark and Kathy"
>> <mgtrcars@galaxyinternet.net>
>> Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 5:31 PM
>> Subject: Re: steering question
>>
>>
>>> Mark, I think he means the shaft out of the steering box to the steering
>>> arm. Richard Bittmann BJ7
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