The last 3 numbers look like dates of manufacture
John Barron
BJ7,
BN2
----- Original Message -----
From: "richard mayor" <mayorrichard@hotmail.com>
To: "healeys" <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 2:33 AM
Subject: [Healeys] steering box worm gear question
> Greetings Listmates, I have a question for the group regarding early 3000
> steering boxes. I have one box where a previous owner cut off the worm
> gear/steering shaft about 5 inches above the box. The part # is 16097 9
> 58. I
> have a donor shaft that has a part # of 16097 11 59. The donor worm
> gear/steering shaft seems to work OK as I do a bench assembly. However, I
> have
> learned from past experience that working smooth on the bench is not the
> same
> as working smooth under load in the car. Does anyone know what these part
> numbers mean? The first 5 numbers are the same - but the last 3 are
> different.
> Is this a distinction without a difference?
> Richard Mayor
>
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