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Subject: [Healeys] FW: Steering allignment
From: Dick Matson <medlabinc@msn.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 21:44:06 -0700
It isn't the position of the steering wheel on the splined steering shaft that
determines whether the peg rides in the tight spot or not - actually.



Dick Matson /Bj8



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> From: mayorrichard@hotmail.com
> To: kendall.freese@aerojet.com; warthodson@aol.com; lapierrem@sbcglobal.net;
healeys@autox.team.net
> Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 02:18:56 +0000
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Steering allignment
>
> I sent a missive about this issue a week ago but it didn't show up on the
> list. Maybe I hit the wrong button.
> What is all this talk about adjusting rods and things to change the tight
spot
> in the steering box? The tight spot is always in the center of the steering
> box. If your steering wheel is not centered when you are in the tight spot,
it
> is because your steering wheel is not centered - not the box! You fix this
by
> lifting your steering wheel off the splined shaft (when the wheels are
> pointing straight ahead - in that "tight spot") and rotating it into a
> position such that it is now "centered" - now slide it back down onto the
> spines and button things back up.
>
> Richard Mayor
> BN7L-466 Vintage Racer
> Portland, Oregon
>
>
>
>
> > Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 14:04:13 -0700
> > From: Kendall.Freese@Aerojet.com
> > To: warthodson@aol.com; lapierrem@sbcglobal.net; healeys@Autox.Team.Net
> > Subject: Re: [Healeys] Steering allignment
> >
> > I made a custom side rod with adjustable ends so I could try to achieve
> > perfection in getting the tight spot in the center. It probably wasn't
> > worth the bother now that new worms without the tight spot are
> > available. Perhaps wear has continued on the peg or something and the
> > steering is irritating again after less than 10000 miles. I am going to
> > put in a new worm next winter.
> > Ken Freese
> > 65 BJ8
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