The felt bushings are to be soaked in a solution of graphite and engine
oil. They should never be installed dry. At this point, if you don't want
to take it all apart again, you might try pouring some oil down the
steering column from the top. But, you might have to take it apart to fix
this.........
Randy Kegg
On Tue, 1 Aug 2000 11:21:43 -0700 (PDT) Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
writes:
> I have a question about steering column bushings. This isn't an MGB,
> but the parts are they same so hopefully one of you 'B owners has
> been
> through this and can offer some advice. Anyway, I installed new
> upper
> and lower bushings (the Moss catalog refers to them as bearings) in
> my
> steering column. The upper one is made of nylon and the lower one
> is
> made of felt. The problem is that the shaft is a really snug fit in
> these bushings, particularly the lower felt bushing. I haven't
> greased
> these bushing yet, but even after I do, I still think it's likely to
> be
> an extremely tight fit. Ungreased, I can't even turn the wheel- of
> course, the whole works is out of the car right now so I can't get
> that
> much torquing force on it, but it doesn't seem to me it otta be that
> tight.
>
> I did notice that the old felt bushing is a lot thinner than the new
> one, but that may be due to 37 years of being compressed in the
> column.
>
> TIA,
>
> Roland
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