Re: Steering Column Assembly and Maintenance.
[Re: Kern Dog]
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12/24/12 05:03 PM
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On a side note, your education is evident in your posts. Thank you for going to college and sparing us the pain of sifting through messy habits that others perpetrate against the English language!
LMAO...
Yes, the power of the correctly spelled werd knows no bounds...
(Detroit Ball Bearing, and Bearing Service are the choices in these parts...
What 'chu gonna do with that 'custom' steering coupler???)
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Re: Steering Column Assembly and Maintenance.
[Re: Kern Dog]
#1358498
12/24/12 05:07 PM
12/24/12 05:07 PM
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mikemee1331
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On a side note, your education is evident in your posts. Thank you for going to college and sparing us the pain of sifting through messy habits that others perpetrate against the English language!
wacha be trin to say? U and i needs to be conversatin bout this here. i tak afence to it! (seriously, i too applaud MuuMuu!)
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Re: Steering Column Assembly and Maintenance.
[Re: RSNOMO]
#1358499
12/24/12 05:10 PM
12/24/12 05:10 PM
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On a side note, your education is evident in your posts. Thank you for going to college and sparing us the pain of sifting through messy habits that others perpetrate against the English language!
LMAO...
Yes, the power of the correctly spelled werd knows no bounds...
(Detroit Ball Bearing, and Bearing Service are the choices in these parts...
What 'chu gonna do with that 'custom' steering coupler???)
Replace it completely...
This is most the parts repainted about 2-3 weeks ago.
Since then, I've touched some of them up and I just sprayed the steering wheel hub. I really wish I hung the parts when I painted them instead of spraying them on cardboard. The cardboard ripped some of the paint off when removing them. I resprayed them a bit to fix them, but they're still not perfect. O well, they look good enough for me.
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Re: Steering Column Assembly and Maintenance.
[Re: MuuMuu101]
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12/24/12 05:33 PM
12/24/12 05:33 PM
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OzHemi
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I really wish I hung the parts when I painted them instead of spraying them on cardboard. The cardboard ripped some of the paint off when removing them. I resprayed them a bit to fix them, but they're still not perfect. O well, they look good enough for me.
I'd repaint them, and hang them up this time...no point in saying 'oh well' since it's not something you will not be doing again to "fix" and it'll bug you every time you look at the spots where the paint is not nice too...
At least it would bug me.
(I've got a few old wire coat hangers I have stretched out and use to hang parts while painting, works great ! )
(and I have been painting stuff for the sway bar install lately. )
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Re: Steering Column Assembly and Maintenance.
[Re: OzHemi]
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12/24/12 07:40 PM
12/24/12 07:40 PM
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I really wish I hung the parts when I painted them instead of spraying them on cardboard. The cardboard ripped some of the paint off when removing them. I resprayed them a bit to fix them, but they're still not perfect. O well, they look good enough for me.
I'd repaint them, and hang them up this time...no point in saying 'oh well' since it's not something you will not be doing again to "fix" and it'll bug you every time you look at the spots where the paint is not nice too...
At least it would bug me.
(I've got a few old wire coat hangers I have stretched out and use to hang parts while painting, works great ! )
(and I have been painting stuff for the sway bar install lately. )
Thanks for jinxing my parts Oz! I swear they were perfectly fine before you made that comment and once I went back to check on them 3 parts that have already been finished had cardboard paint peal. I just touched up those parts now. Most of the places where the peal is located is hidden or under the dash so I don't mind too much. Next time I repaint something, though, they will be hung.
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Re: Steering Column Assembly and Maintenance.
[Re: MuuMuu101]
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12/24/12 07:40 PM
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On a side note, your education is evident in your posts. Thank you for going to college and sparing us the pain of sifting through messy habits that others perpetrate against the English language!
LMAO...
Yes, the power of the correctly spelled werd knows no bounds...
(Detroit Ball Bearing, and Bearing Service are the choices in these parts...
What 'chu gonna do with that 'custom' steering coupler???)
Replace it completely...
This is most the parts repainted about 2-3 weeks ago.
Since then, I've touched some of them up and I just sprayed the steering wheel hub. I really wish I hung the parts when I painted them instead of spraying them on cardboard. The cardboard ripped some of the paint off when removing them. I resprayed them a bit to fix them, but they're still not perfect. O well, they look good enough for me.
Whatever you do, save that 'OEM' coupler...
That's one fer the books...
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Re: Steering Column Assembly and Maintenance.
[Re: RSNOMO]
#1358503
12/24/12 07:46 PM
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Whatever you do, save that 'OEM' coupler...
That's one fer the books...
That whole shaft/coupler setup is sitting comfortably on top of my shelf. That thing isn't going anywhere. I call it the "War-Hammer" primarily because it's large, a little heavy, and the only purpose it serves (now) is a good object to wack people with.
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Re: Steering Column Assembly and Maintenance.
[Re: RSNOMO]
#1358504
12/24/12 08:40 PM
12/24/12 08:40 PM
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OzHemi
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Whatever you do, save that 'OEM' coupler...
That's one fer the books...
It is even more impressive in person..
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Re: Steering Column Assembly and Maintenance.
[Re: OzHemi]
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12/24/12 09:13 PM
12/24/12 09:13 PM
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Whatever you do, save that 'OEM' coupler...
That's one fer the books...
It is even more impressive in person..
Next time I bring it to the cruise, I'll bring it so you can really take a look at it.
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Re: Steering Column Assembly and Maintenance.
[Re: MuuMuu101]
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12/26/12 01:30 AM
12/26/12 01:30 AM
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Whatever you do, save that 'OEM' coupler...
That's one fer the books...
That whole shaft/coupler setup is sitting comfortably on top of my shelf. That thing isn't going anywhere. I call it the "War-Hammer" primarily because it's large, a little heavy, and the only purpose it serves (now) is a good object to wack people with.
you could become the "thor" of steering columns. lol.
any grease should work...just as long as it is greasy. i have always had a bunch of columns laying around. unless the bearing is completely apart...i grease and throw back together. needle tip for the grease gun is sometimes helpful to hit tight spots.
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Re: Steering Column Assembly and Maintenance.
[Re: rave_12000]
#1358507
12/26/12 02:40 AM
12/26/12 02:40 AM
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you could become the "thor" of steering columns. lol.
I need to start getting a Moparts Superhero outfit together.
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Re: Steering Column Assembly and Maintenance.
[Re: feets]
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12/26/12 03:13 PM
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Since then, I've touched some of them up and I just sprayed the steering wheel hub. I really wish I hung the parts when I painted them instead of spraying them on cardboard. The cardboard ripped some of the paint off when removing them. I resprayed them a bit to fix them, but they're still not perfect. O well, they look good enough for me.
You better not be using those shiny new tools to half-ass the car.
Hang 'em up and paint 'em right. Replace that crunchy bearing too.
I don't paint with ratchets and wrenches? I'll probably end up redoing them anyways. I need to pull some hangers from my closet. And does anyone know the bearing sizes?
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