John,
I ran into the same problem with my new steering coupling joint two weeks
ago! I could see that the holes for the bolts were slightly off (thus
"incorrectly manufactured") and was considering drilling or filing it to
make it fit. Nearly gave up for the evening when I decided to flip it
around (meaning top over bottom) and it worked!! Worth a try if you haven't
already.... In my case, only one hole was slightly misaligned.
As for your idea to take apart the coupling, I considered that option
briefly until I saw that each of the screws was heavily pinched at the end
to prevent it from coming apart.
Good luck!
Ward
'76 Spitfire
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Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 07:55:12 -0700 (PDT)
From: John Hobson <goalie_john@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject:
Hi all,
Over the last few weeks I tried, and gave up trying to fit my new
steering coupling joint (joint between rack and column).
I phoned the suppliers to say that it wouldn't fit and it turns out that
the coupling has been mis-manufactured so that the pinch bolt cannot pass
through the coupling without fouling on the rack/column splines.
(snip)
cheers
John
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