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Re: Steering and Cleanup

To: RAHosmer@aol.com, Healey list <healeys@Autox.Team.Net>
Subject: Re: Steering and Cleanup
From: jerry adams <cjerryadams@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 13:12:15 -0700 (PDT)
Dick,
The steering wheel hub should be polorized to the shaft.  On adjustable 
steering wheels the traficator should be oriented to a slot in the stator tube. 
 The stator tube can be reoriented by loosening the little nut at the bottom of 
the steering box where the wiring comes out and then turning the stator tube to 
orient it to the steering wheel. That said if you go to the tie rod ends and 
screw one tie rod in one turn , screw the other tie rod out one turn to 
maintain proper alignment.  In other words screw one tie rod in the same amount 
that the other tie rod end is screw out.  OK, another way would be to remove 
the hub and rotate it one or two splines if the hub is not polorized to shaft.
 
On the grease use plain household oven cleaner, spray on and let soak for a 
while and wash off with water.  The oven cleaner can be bought cheaply at 
Dollar stores.
 
Jerry 
BN 2   

RAHosmer@aol.com wrote:
First question:

I've been through the shop manual, but am unclear on the sequence of how to 
achieve a properly centered steering wheel, and "trafficator" (I know that 
isn't correct, but everyone knows what it means). The car is a 62 Tricarb. 
Alignment has not been professionally done in years, but, the car tracks well, 
doesn't vibrate, etc. I have the adjustable column with a Derrington wheel on a 
specially machined hub. The wheel is "off" by about twenty degrees (in other 
words 
about half of what I could easily get by rotating it to the next bolt (nine = 
40 degrees each). The trafficator is off, in the same direction, by about 
twice as much. At one time, everything was in proper alignment. What is likely 
to 
have shifted? Certainly an alignment check IS in the cards, but what does one 
do first? 

Second question:

The engine compartment and underside have MANY MANY years of grease and dirt. 
While the engine runs fine (smooth, plenty of power, doesn't burn oil) and a 
rebuild is not imminent, I do want to be able to "tinker", and perform 
maintenance, without turning completely black. What is considered state of the 
art 
for cleanup, that will NOT be destructive to the old wiring, heater trunking, 
etc. I'm thinking more of the sovent/brush/rag approach, rather than steam 
cleaning, for example. The car is VERY original, and I want to keep it that 
way. 
For example, my ORIGINAL fuel pump works just fine (or did until I wrote this - 
better go check).

Thanks in advance!!

Dick Hosmer

                
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