At 04:04 PM 3/12/2006, you wrote:
>Jim's comment made me think again. The splined area has machined groove in
>it. The 1/4 bolt I used slid right in. Did I get lucky and have it aligned
>with the groove or doesn't the bolt actually align in the groove.
>
>I simply pushed the column in as far as it would go (snugged up to the seal)
>and put in the bolt. Peering in the pinch bolt hole I did not see the
>splined pinion shaft. I don't want to damage the splines.
>
>I did take Frank C's advice and used locktite on the bolt.
>
>Phil Nase
Phil,
You said earlier that you had washers there. I would think the PO was
trying to tighten the tubular part onto the splined shaft. Hence my
advise to pin the column to the shaft.I had one pull out once.
Apparently there was enough play that the bolt had rounded internally
enough. The bolt never came out, and the nyloc nut was in place. The
column pulled out just a 100 yards after what would have been an
EXTREMELY inappropriate time. Be safe, use the roll pin, or even a small bolt.
Peter
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>http://home.comcast.net/~philnasecpa
>Hmmm. Phil's situation made me go look at mine. I can't get
>any work done today on the Midget because we are having
>50 mph winds - tons of airborn dust - and the garage door
>would be a sail.
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