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1. Adjustable Steering Column (score: 1): Author: "Ned Smith" <smithn00@kitepilot.net>; Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 15:14:07 -0500; I just can't resist fixing stuff. Today I noticed that the choke cable had the word "CHOKE" upside down so I spent an hour getting it right side up. Then I feel the adjusting collar on the steering w; /html/healeys/2005-11/msg00358.html (7,263 bytes)
2. Re: Adjustable Steering Column (score: 1): Author: Awgertoo@aol.com; Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 15:28:23 EST; In a message dated 11/16/2005 3:17:30 PM Eastern Standard Time, smithn00@kitepilot.net writes: Then I feel the adjusting collar on the steering wheel is frozen. I can turn it with pliers but not by h; /html/healeys/2005-11/msg00359.html (7,605 bytes)
3. RE: Adjustable Steering Column (score: 1): Author: "Peter Ryner" <pryner@verizon.net>; Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 16:06:06 -0500; The ring does come all the way off, after you remove the steering wheel. You will find that the threads on the ring and the column are metal, not bakelite. The threads could probably use some wire b; /html/healeys/2005-11/msg00361.html (7,810 bytes)
4. RE: Adjustable Steering Column (score: 1): Author: "Alan" <Alan@nfahc.co.uk>; Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 21:25:06 -0000; Hey Michael. Yes - it's a standard right hand thread. So right side down loosens the sucker. Use a strap wrench to avoid gouging the soft finish. _______________________________________________ (____; /html/healeys/2005-11/msg00364.html (8,502 bytes)
5. RE: Adjustable Steering Column (score: 1): Author: "BJ8Healeys" <sbyers@ec.rr.com>; Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 14:37:59 -0800; The nut turns CLOCKWISE to LOOSEN, as you view it sitting in the driver's seat. I have successfully loosened the nut with a chain wrench after padding the nut with an old cloth. Adjust the wrench by; /html/healeys/2005-11/msg00373.html (8,323 bytes)
6. Re: Adjustable Steering Column (score: 1): Author: tammie wall <whammie@iopener.net>; Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 17:00:19 -0600; /html/healeys/2005-11/msg00380.html (9,079 bytes)
7. Re: Adjustable Steering Column (score: 1): Author: Dave Carpenter <d.carpenter7@verizon.net>; Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 22:41:29 -0500; Same problem I had when I forst got m BJ8. I put a towel over the dash and anotherone on the floor and sprayed WD40 into the openings around the lock ring. I did this three or four times and let it s; /html/healeys/2005-11/msg00407.html (8,243 bytes)
8. adjustable steering column (score: 1): Author: "Brian R. Jones" <BJones@jonesglenn.com>; Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 08:43:55 -0400; I have a 65 BJ8 with an inoperative adjustable steering column. I am afraid to use too much force on the plastic collar. Anyone have any suggestions on how I can get this thing working? Thanks. Brian; /html/healeys/2004-06/msg00442.html (6,852 bytes)
9. Re: adjustable steering column (score: 1): Author: "Keith Pennell" <pennell@cox.net>; Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 12:43:43 -0400; It sometimes takes a lot of force to loosen the hub nut. Try wraping a strong leather belt around it and twisting the nut. Move to progressively more aggressive means the last of which is probably a; /html/healeys/2004-06/msg00445.html (7,272 bytes)
10. Re: adjustable steering column (score: 1): Author: Earl Kagna <kags@shaw.ca>; Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 11:35:17 -0700; Hard to do alone. Try with two people - one sitting in the drivers seat holding the steering wheel, and the second squatting beside the car with both hands wrapped around the nut (the guy with the s; /html/healeys/2004-06/msg00446.html (7,955 bytes)
11. RE: adjustable steering column (score: 1): Author: "Gil Rockwell" <gilrockwell@comcast.net>; Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 19:21:50 -0400; I would try one of the rubber strap wrenches sold at Sears and hardware stores as it would not mar the finish. You can generate a large amount of torque with one of these. Gil I have a 65 BJ8 with an; /html/healeys/2004-06/msg00449.html (7,444 bytes)
12. Re: adjustable steering column (score: 1): Author: Blue One Hundred <international_investor@yahoo.com>; Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 18:32:36 -0700 (PDT); you can try one of those rubber strap wrenches you can get at Sears (although I find these a little fiddly at times)... if that doesn't work you can use a large set of water pump pliers on the colla; /html/healeys/2004-06/msg00452.html (7,600 bytes)

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