Re: Steering box

From: CHUCK NICODEMUS (SEALMSTR(at)ICCOM.COM)
Date: Fri Sep 19 1997 - 10:14:11 CDT


joe kleifges wrote:
>
> > > Can this be done in the car? Or is it better to pull the whole thing out
> > > (this looks like at least a 2 six pack job)
>
> i'd like to see more on this to. mine just leaks like a sieve.
>
> i went and took a quick peek at my SV box just now, and have this to
> report. it looks like unbolting the "swing lever" and forcing it off of
> the tapered splined shaft it is on wil allow a quick change of the
> O-ring, the drawing showwing a small washer above the lever, before the
> ring. according to the "book", the nut that holds the lever to the
> tapered shaft is to be torqued to 75lbs. i see no trouble dropping the
> lever, since it is connected on both ends to very flexible unions. i'm
> just chicken to go twist that shaft to 75lbs when putting it back
> together

Yeh and as the old CBr's used to say 10-4 on the 75lbs dude. I am at a
point that i cut the 55 on up lbs off of my torque wrenche...
chuck



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