Posted by Gordon on Thursday, January 25, 2007 at 10:06:45 :
In Reply to: wc52 stuck steering?? posted by 68427vette on Wednesday, January 24, 2007 at 20:40:41 :
Stood out in the weather, steering tube fills up and whol thing rusts solid.
Filling with oil is worth a try, as is backing-off the adjustment, but for such a common column just throw it on the parts pile and fit another. VPW and other dealers had NOS half ton columns - might have 3/4 ton too.
The big drawback with the internal rack and pinion stuff is that it wears out in the straight ahead position - then when you do a by-the-book adjustment at straight ahead it is way too tight at the ends of the travel.
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