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My question is about taking the play out of my steering. I have new bushings in it and have adjusted where I can but I still hsve 1" of play in the steering. All of the front end joints are tight. Does any one have a remedy to this? Thanks Lewis McFadden
Lewis McFadden
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Lewis there is a VCCA member on this site from Europe who posted a thread years ago about this subject. He turned the steering shaft 180 degrees and made a new off-set bushing on his lathe to correct the problem. Maybe he will see this and repost it with all the photos of the work he did again.
Steve '25 Superior "K", '79 Corvette , '72 Corvette LT-1 & 1965 Corvette Coupe
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I cured the play in my trucks steering box by making a full sector shaft length eccentric bush.I can now get rid of practically any play between the steering column shaft worm gear & the sector gear,and currently have only 1/2" freeplay at the steering wheel rim. If you want to know what I did to fix my steering box,send me a PM,and I'll try and explain it to you.
Last edited by CJP'S 29; 12/15/16 03:40 AM.
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I can vouch for what CJP'29 said about his steering box repair. He did a couple for me, and they are excellent.
Cheers
Ray
Some say "Street is neat". I prefer "1928 is great" I have documented my 45 years with a 1928 Chev Tourer, from 1973 to 2018, and regulary add other items that I hope are of interest to others. Your comments are most welcome.The story of the Red Chev can be viewed at http://my28chev.blogspot.com/
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