[T2] Steering column
Bob Pratt ka1dza at verizon.netWed Sep 28 07:40:30 PDT 2016
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OK John, Thanks. Bob > On Sep 27, 2016, at 10:45 PM, John Anderson <wvukidsdoc at yahoo.com> wrote: > > Bob you know, for a 71 I just don't recall, very late and Vanagon definitely bearing, early (my 69) is bushed, 71, I don't remember. Did it look super thin (< 1/16) like a race for needles, or more like a thin bronze (1/8 or so but maybe wallowed out) bush. My Bentley's are all trapped in storage. Regardless I think a thin bronze bush would give years of good service, would likely need to be custom made. > > John > > Sent from my iPad > >> On Sep 26, 2016, at 4:01 PM, Bob Pratt <ka1dza at verizon.net> wrote: >> >> Thanks John, >> I forgot to mention the the bus is 1971 model >> >> Bob >> >>> On Sep 25, 2016, at 9:37 PM, John Anderson <wvukidsdoc at yahoo.com> wrote: >>> >>> Bob some years are just a bush, which may be what you are describing. >>> >>> John >>> >>> Sent from my iPad >>> >>>> On Sep 24, 2016, at 7:02 AM, Bob Pratt <ka1dza at verizon.net> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> When I took the steering tube apart, I noticed that the steering column bearing, #3 on the exploded view, on page 27 in the front axle chapter of the Bentley book, was just a cage. >>>> >>>> Are there suppose to be bearings in that cage? Or is it suppose to be empty. If there are bearings in the cage where do I find them? If they're NLA are there any suitable replacements? >>>> >>>> BTW.. I'm still working on the wiring, but the summer here had been too hot and humid fore me to work outside safely. >>>> >>>> Bob >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> type2 mailing list >>>> type2 at type2.com >>>> https://www.type2.com/lists/type2/listinfo >
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