Steering pot coupler removal

Dart Vader · Post by **Dart Vader** » Wed Mar 26, 14 7:29 pm

How do you get the steering pot box off the bottom of the steering collumn?

I have the overhaul kit but can't work out how to get it off !

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Wed Mar 26, 14 7:33 pm

Punch the small pin in....then swear a bit..

Dart Vader · Post by **Dart Vader** » Wed Mar 26, 14 7:42 pm

Sorry, meant to say the column is off the car, yes punched out the pin

But how do I get the pot off?

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Wed Mar 26, 14 7:57 pm

Dart Vader wrote:Sorry, meant to say the column is off the car, yes punched out the pin

But how do I get the pot off?

I am not talking about the Roll pin.

There is a small pin on the body of the unit you are trying to remove. It may have a small round head on it....punch it in to the body and then disassemble it.....

Dart Vader · Post by **Dart Vader** » Wed Mar 26, 14 7:57 pm

Ahhhhhhh, thanks Pete

Dart Vader · Post by **Dart Vader** » Thu Mar 27, 14 11:02 pm

Worked like a charm, took the old gubbings out, they had flat wear spot on them and no real profile left.

Put the new internals in, packed it full of grease and put a new cover on it. Can't say the grease covers clip on very well, despite the ends being as crimped in as much as poss. Will just have to keep an eye on it but it has tightened the assembly up no end.

Sweet

drewcrane · Post by **drewcrane** » Thu Mar 27, 14 11:41 pm

Dart Vader wrote:Worked like a charm, took the old gubbings out, they had flat wear spot on them and no real profile left.

Put the new internals in, packed it full of grease and put a new cover on it. Can't say the grease covers clip on very well, despite the ends being as crimped in as much as poss. Will just have to keep an eye on it but it has tightened the assembly up no end.

Sweet

Those covers plain and simple , they suck I hate those things I am always dealing with them

TW71 · Post by **TW71** » Fri Mar 28, 14 1:01 pm

There was a factory spring clip mod for it back in the day, a guy in Michigan used to sell repros but not now

autofetish · Post by **autofetish** » Fri Mar 28, 14 1:31 pm

I replaced the Original steering UJ thing with a real UJ

I got this from Hauser racing

There are a few Pitch of spline option available in this size as i found out

I used part. SWE401-50607

I found that if i cut the original steering shalf in the middle of hole the length was perfect.

This fits directly onto the spline shaft on the steering box

There was some talk about this being a bad thing as there is no up and down movement like the original had so do your own research ( possible steering box wear as car Flexes)

Then welder on full blast and she is on

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Dart Vader · Post by **Dart Vader** » Fri Mar 28, 14 6:29 pm

That looks like a good option for the future or one of those flaming river kits !

Adrian Worman · Post by **Adrian Worman** » Fri Mar 28, 14 6:46 pm

I got a flaming river u.j after I saw AllKiller's post when he did his.
Does make a lot of improvement to steering play

autofetish · Post by **autofetish** » Fri Mar 28, 14 7:46 pm

I only did it like this as was cheap flaming rivet kit is very nice but £££

Also finding I love Hauser racing cheap and fast with all there part and they are alway spot on with everything