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Re: Stiff Steering -... (loose steering column)

To: "David M. Hall" <dhall@hp-vcd.vcd.hp.com>
Subject: Re: Stiff Steering -... (loose steering column)
From: Greg Johnson <johnsong@is.dal.ca>
Date: Fri, 24 May 1996 13:17:05 -0700
David M. Hall wrote:
> 
> Hehehehe..  I've got to laugh at myself sometimes...
> 
> My steering has been rather stiff since I purchased my 72 MGB/GT.

---snip snip---

> Went back in the cab, and the steering wheel would Still Not Turn!  Then
> it hit me:
> 
> Doh!  Locking Steering Column without the KEY IN!
> 

Funny, my 72 roadster doesn't have a locking steering column. 

> It took me another couple of hours to get everything back together, and I
> didn't get the steering wheel straight, but that should be easy to fix.  Live
> and learn!

My steering column has been "loose "  since I've owned it.  it has considerable 
up-and-down and in-and-out movement.  rattles like crazy on a gravel road.

Can these be refurbished?   Did 70-76 have the same steering column?   

thanks.
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