Re: IML: '60 column problem found

[Kenyon Wills <imperialist1960@xxxxxxxxx>]

Nobody cares like you, the owner.  
Your hourly rate is cheaper, too!!


Glad to hear you figured it out.

-K

--- richard burgess <lecrown60@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Folks,
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> I undid the bolts on the steering gearbox to find
> that there is only up and down adjustment, no fore
> and aft.  When the shop put the body back on the
> frame they slid it back a quarter inch.  I can tell
> from the washer marks on the floor.  A quarter inch,
> on the angle of the steering column, will translate
> to half inch gap at the top.  I am so put out with
> the shop already anyway.  Now I have to slide the
> body of the car back.  Guess it will give me a
> chance to replace all the flimsy body mount washers
> they used instead of the heavy originals.  Car
> restoration sure can be agravating.  For every part
> I put on I find two more things that have been done
> wrong.  AArrggh.  Thanks for the suggestions
> everyone.
>  
> Aggravated in Atlanta, aka
>  
> Richard Burgess
> Kenyon Wills <imperialist1960@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Sounds like you should be loosening the box and
> trying
> to float it forward of its present location. Mark
> what you do so that you can go back to it. If it's
> obvious that the box is sitting back on its range of
> adjustment, then you've just answered the question
> of
> "why" your system isn't lining up properly. 
> 
> Double check that the steering column is as far down
> as you can go by loosening and lifting it first, and
> then re-seating it and making certain that it's
> seated
> all the way down.
> 
> Get everything loose and start fiddling would be my
> next step.
> 
> -Kenyon
> 
> --- richard burgess wrote:
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> > Kenyon,
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> > It seems to be a fore and aft problem. It is the
> > whole upper assembly, shaft and surrounding column
> > that are sitting too far out of the dash. The
> > original marks from the column support bracket,
> > under the dash, are about 1 and 1/4" farther aft
> on
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