Steering Column Bearing
Discussion
v8s4me said:
Is there a triangular clip on your steering column?
Do you mean the clip 1650936, or do you think there should be something else there? Set up in the donor car, Ford Sierra, looks a little different...............
As I understand it with the way TVR use the bits that clip (or "special washer" as Ford call it) goes on the engine bay side of things to stop the plastic thing (seal is Ford's term) sliding down?
The old bearing was a bit "gritty" and this is what I have in there now...
Alloy housing with threaded holes making fitting a one man job. Stainless screws and nuts. This is similar in design to the one shown on the link above but with an alloy plate on the bulkhead side to add support and stop some of the crud getting in.
Alloy housing with threaded holes making fitting a one man job. Stainless screws and nuts. This is similar in design to the one shown on the link above but with an alloy plate on the bulkhead side to add support and stop some of the crud getting in.
Hi.
I have fitted mine now, and like you made & fitted a disc plate engine side. The new plastic insert 'top-hat' being foot well side. I have cut the old insert in half, pushed that up the triangular bar (engine side) just into the disc plate. This stops the crud better, as it is a round insert turning in a round hole, rather than the triangle bar turning in the round hole. That old half insert held in place by the Ford clip.
TerryB.
I have fitted mine now, and like you made & fitted a disc plate engine side. The new plastic insert 'top-hat' being foot well side. I have cut the old insert in half, pushed that up the triangular bar (engine side) just into the disc plate. This stops the crud better, as it is a round insert turning in a round hole, rather than the triangle bar turning in the round hole. That old half insert held in place by the Ford clip.
TerryB.
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