[Healeys] Grease dripping from top of steering column on BN2 non-adjustable

[mike brooks]

There was no felt cylinder in my steering column when I pulled it apart in
2005. So there isn't one now either!! Not sure I'll be taking it all apart to
fit one though.
 
Rgds

Reply to: mike.brooks at alumni.warwick.ac.uk 
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From: Skip Saunders <tfsbj7 at mindspring.com>
To: 'John Harper' <ah at jharper.demon.co.uk>; 'mike brooks'
<hypercubic at yahoo.co.uk> 
Cc: 'Healeys' <healeys at autox.team.net> 
Sent:
Wednesday, 26 September 2012, 15:49
Subject: RE: [Healeys] Grease dripping
from top of steering column on BN2 non-adjustable

I thought there was a loose
felt cylinder located in the steering column
that should prevent oil from the
box reaching the steering wheel end of the
column????

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From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net
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On Behalf Of John Harper
Sent:
Wednesday, September 26, 2012 3:00 AM
To: mike brooks
Cc: Healeys
Subject: Re:
[Healeys] Grease dripping from top of steering column on BN2
non-adjustable
Mike

Did you by any chance have the front of the car much higher than the
back at
any time during your journey.

It does not take much for the steering
column to get at an angle where the
box end is higher than the steering wheel.
Oil in the box will then run back
and may well end up in your lap or spoil
your seat leather.

Regards

> Just returned from 1500 mile trip (Scotland to
Goodwood Revival and 
>back - great time and would thoroughly recommend). 100
behaved very 
>well except it spewed grease out of the steering column behind
the 
>steering wheel. Last time I had the steering apart was in 2005 when I
>fitted a horn/indicator assembly off Ebay (missing when acquired car). 
>It
has been fine for seven years then suddenly caused this problem. Anyone
got
any ideas what's happened?
>
>Thanks in
>advance
>
>Mike Brooks
>'56 BN2
>Scotland

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