I have touched my Sprite again after ( too ) many months of being otherwise
occupied. After unwrapping the steering rack from its cardboard wrap, I
found a piece lying loose that would appear to be a shim. It matches the
diagram in Haynes. Should there have been one for each side? ( the ends of
the wrap were open. :( )
Robert Duquette
Ottawa ON Canada
http://www3.sympatico.ca/robertduquette
RobertDuquette@Sympatico.ca
'65 RHD BRG Sprite
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Date: 08-Jun-2000 07:44:09
From:
Subject: Re: It's not a defect - it's a feature! (assembly
questions)
My '65 had no shims on dis-assembly either. Which really
means nothing in
the grand scheme of things, does it?
The exploded diagram in Haynes shows a piece called a
'seating' which looks
like a shim.
Robert D.
( My car looks like an exploded diagram! :( )
-----Original Message-----
From: Philip S Jones <>
>Question 2: The talented and popular Ulix came by the house
the other day
to
>pick up a part. As we were gazing in admiration and wonder
at my engine
>compartment (correction - the engine compartment of my
car), he noted that
>there were no shims under the steering rack - it's bolted
directly to the
>front cross-member. His ('66?) Sprite has shims there. He
remembered
>hearing, or thinking, or feeling that the shims were
important to the
proper
>alignment of the steering rack and column. The steering
wheel spins freely
>and feels normal whether the car has it's nose in the air
(as usual) or is
>sitting on the ground (sans engine referenced above). The
rack was
>installed by the shop that did the bodywork and painting;
and their work
>seems largely competent (and focused mainly on MG's).
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