I have not had a 1970 apart, so this may not apply, but the 1960 and 1973 that I have played with were so similar that this may be of help.
The shaft that your wheel turns that in turn spins your steering has a pin in it that goes through both the shaft and the recepticle on the steering box. They are not too tight and not too loose when connected. There is a bearing with a nut at the top of the steering column, and I would inspect that area first, as the point where the shaft goes into the steering box has an oblong, oval hole that the fixing bolt could float around in (by design). Having the shaft shimmed snug on the bearing at the top of the steering shaft made all the difference for me.
If you can pull on the steering wheel and have it move up and down, you may want to pull the steering wheel and make certain that the nut holding the steering column shaft is shimmed correctly. I bet that your slop is at the top, and not at the bottom. This happened to me when I took the box out on my first 1960, reinstalled everything, and messed up on how I reassembled it. I had to insert a washer that I'd left out if memory serves, but it's been 7 years and I remember pulling the steering box off of the frame and onto my finger on the floor more because I mis-judged how heavy the thing was than what the solution that I found for the slop was.
-Kenyon
chr gra <c_bodycrazy@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hey everyone,
I've just had an alignment and new tires put on my 70 LeBaron and was told my steering gear box needed adjusted. I adjusted the top adjuster prior to taking it in for the alignment. The part that the shop says needs adjusted (they said that they would have done it; but, they didn't know enough about that gearbox to do it) is the input shaft (if you want to call it that...it is the shaft that goes into the gearbox from the steering wheel). It moves in and out as the wheel is turned. Not excessively; but, enough for me to want it adjusted.
Anyone who has done this adjustment or knows anything about how I can do it please respond. The Tennesse event is comming quick and I don't want to have to chase the steering wheel for 500 miles one way.
Just to let you all know, the rest of the steering system is good...no
wear/play. Please help if you can.
Thanks, chris
'70 Imperial LeBaron 4dr
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