Posted By: 1969proDart
Upper steering column bearing and c clips?? - 01/08/14 05:46 AM
Need help finding an upper bearing set for my 69 dart. If anyone knows where I can get a set new repro I don't care, let me know..Thanks
Upper steering column bearing and c clips??
Posted By: kentj340
Re: Upper steering column bearing and c clips?? - 01/09/14 03:59 AM
This one? If you want the numbers off it, I can send them. In my experience, if you go to a bearing dealer, they can duplicate or cross reference the numbers.
Posted By: kentj340
Re: Upper steering column bearing and c clips?? - 01/09/14 04:03 AM
The C clip is standard hardware store stuff, but a bearing dealer should have them too.
Posted By: Skeptic
Re: Upper steering column bearing and c clips?? - 01/09/14 04:36 AM
I picked my bearing up from an online Chrysler dealer, Monicatti Chrysler and just re-used the clips. I couldn't find it @ the online bearing stores, YMMV. HTH Steve
Posted By: Anonymous
Re: Upper steering column bearing and c clips?? - 01/09/14 05:36 PM
mega parts sells the bearing and a clip set.
Posted By: Challenger 1
Re: Upper steering column bearing and c clips?? - 01/09/14 06:09 PM
Pretty sure you can get the bearing from the dealer still.
Posted By: 1969proDart
Re: Upper steering column bearing and c clips?? - 01/10/14 05:07 AM
Exactly the one I need! Mine is shot. I want new c clips also. Just in case.
Posted By: Hoop
Re: Upper steering column bearing and c clips?? - 01/11/14 07:16 AM
Just wounding, How can you tell when its shot!
Posted By: cuda-sweden
Re: Upper steering column bearing and c clips?? - 01/11/14 07:32 PM
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Just wounding, How can you tell when its shot!
you will probably hear it scream in pain.. 
Posted By: JDMopar
Re: Upper steering column bearing and c clips?? - 01/11/14 07:34 PM
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Just wounding, How can you tell when its shot!
That's true...but wouldn't it do the same thing if it had been stabbed? 
Posted By: Challenger 1
Re: Upper steering column bearing and c clips?? - 01/12/14 06:02 PM
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Just wounding, How can you tell when its shot!
It'll be real rough or be missing the 4 balls that's in it. That's all it has is like 4 ball bearings so corrosion and such can cause it to fall apart pretty easy, it's a really cheap bearing.
Posted By: mopars4ever
Re: Upper steering column bearing and c clips?? - 01/12/14 07:26 PM
not cheap for a such a little bearing. around $30 at the dealer.
Posted By: mopars4ever
Re: Upper steering column bearing and c clips?? - 01/12/14 07:28 PM
mega showed the clips but no bearing.
http://www.megapartsusa.com/proddetail.asp?prod=199-DR055
http://www.megapartsusa.com/proddetail.asp?prod=199-DR055
Posted By: moparx
Re: Upper steering column bearing and c clips?? - 01/13/14 04:27 AM
most times you can get c-clips and snaprings at your local ace hardware. cost : about $2.50 in a 3 pack or about a buck when bought singularly.
Posted By: kentj340
Re: Upper steering column bearing and c clips?? - 01/13/14 08:36 AM
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not cheap for a such a little bearing. around $30 at the dealer.
Hey guys, that's why I volunteered to give you the numbers off it so you could go to a bearing dealer and buy the exact same thing or better for $7.52 plus tax...
Posted By: Charger446
Re: Upper steering column bearing and c clips?? - 01/13/14 05:32 PM
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not cheap for a such a little bearing. around $30 at the dealer.
Hey guys, that's why I volunteered to give you the numbers off it so you could go to a bearing dealer and buy the exact same thing or better for $7.52 plus tax...
Id be interested in the part number. Need one for my 68 Charger, I believe its the same. Mine isnt making any noise, but it wiggles a bit on the shaft so Im assuming its toast...
Posted By: kentj340
Re: Upper steering column bearing and c clips?? - 01/15/14 01:37 AM
I was just jerking your chain about the $7.52 price tag - have no idea what they cost generic-wise. I'll post the numbers when I get back to my Mopar man cave in a few days.
Posted By: kentj340
Re: Upper steering column bearing and c clips?? - 01/15/14 08:11 PM
Sorry guys, mission failure - tried but could not find a generic bearing for the upper steering column. In 1969 this bearing, originally PN 2925491, fit all cars exept tilt and telescopic. Maybe the same for some other years too.
What makes this ultra low-speed bearing too special to be generic looks to be that it is unsealed, too crude, too small, and too un-robust. Besides that, the outer race is mounted in a rubber insulator that makes this application unusual.
Starting with the 3/4" ID, the smallest OD I found for generic is 1-3/8", but this part is only 1-3/16". Also generics are thicker.
There are 12 balls in my original. Head scratcher - the rubber insulator has a mashed staple through it, maybe as an electrical conductor between the bearing and the mount?
What makes this ultra low-speed bearing too special to be generic looks to be that it is unsealed, too crude, too small, and too un-robust. Besides that, the outer race is mounted in a rubber insulator that makes this application unusual.
Starting with the 3/4" ID, the smallest OD I found for generic is 1-3/8", but this part is only 1-3/16". Also generics are thicker.
There are 12 balls in my original. Head scratcher - the rubber insulator has a mashed staple through it, maybe as an electrical conductor between the bearing and the mount?