RE: Butch's Website...things I need help with/ 1964 Plymouth Sport Fury steer...

[Willard Edison <waedison1@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Awesome! Thanks Houston. I've only been a member of this forum for about a
week and cannot tell you how much help I've received here already. /Butch

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From: HoustonDB@xxxxxxx [mailto:HoustonDB@xxxxxxx] 
Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2006 7:06 PM
To: 1962to1965mopars@
Subject: Re: Butch's Website...things I need help with/ 1964 Plymouth Sport
Fury steer...



 
I did a little tech article on rebuilding the steering coupler
_http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/ml-houstons-steeringcoupler.html_
(http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/ml-houstons-steeringcoupler.html)
and  Gary was nice enough to post it on the website.  It's really not that
hard  if you have a few tools.  A hydraulic press is nice for this, but a
decent  sized bench vise could probably be used as well.  Taking the
steering  column out for this makes it VERY easy and I highly recommend it.
Your  local Chrysler dealer should be able to order the rebuild kit, if they
don't  already have it in stock.  Just take the part number with you.  Be
very careful when you pry off the cover of the coupler.  If it's not
mangled, it's a lot easier to reuse it than try to get a tight crimp on the
new  cover.  The rubber seal that is partially missing on your column is
actually called the "lower bearing".  Other than that, the lower column is
just an empty tube with the steering shaft inside of it.  
The lower bearing  supports the shaft.  Read thru the article, and if you
have questions, just  email me.
 
As for your steering box, I highly recommend Firm Feel.  You ship your
steering box to them, and they do a really nice rebuild on it.  I had them
rebuild my manual box and upgraded to a 20:1 ratio.  There is virtually no
slop at all in the box after they got done with it.  The cost seems like a
lot, but I personally thought it was well worth it in the end. 
_http://www.firmfeel.com/powerst_abe.htm_
(http://www.firmfeel.com/powerst_abe.htm) 
 
Hope that helps a little.
 
Houston
'64 Belvedere



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