I think the Digest's server removes attachments (see the bracketed
comment, below). Since I also CC'd Mr. Norton directly via E-mail, I
suspect that he probably got the picture that way.
George Graves
'86 GTV-6 3.0 'S'
On Dec 29, 2011, at 2:58 PM, [email protected] wrote:
George,
The photo did not come through. It may be because of my AOL. --
Bruce Sharer
In a message dated 12/29/2011 5:55:26 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected]
writes:
Other than buying one from England or other European sources, you have
the option of taking the old one out and taking it to a clever
machinist and have him replace the rubber with a piece of fabricated
aluminum or steel. I have no rubber in my steering system and I don't
really notice any difference. Here is a picture of my coupling. the
"female" end (left) takes a stock GTV-6 steering column and the "male"
end (on the right) fits into a Milano rack. This takes the place of
that rubber coupling. You could make a similar one with the GTV-6 UV
"knuckle" on one end and the GTV-6 rack spline on the other with just
a solid piece of shaft in the center to make up the proper length.
[demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type image/jpeg which had a
name of Figure 1. Power steering adapter.jpg]
George Graves
'86 GTV-6 3.0 'S'
On Dec 29, 2011, at 1:38 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> Hi George,
> I spoke with John Norman and new parts are not available, except
> possibly on eBay from one of the few sellers in the Middle East/
> Mediterranean or who knows will have a NOS part here. The big thing
> is, why do they fail and how do you fix it so it stays fixed?
> Stevan
>
> In a message dated 12/29/2011 12:09:58 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
[email protected]
> writes:
> Yes, this is a common failure mode on this car. The bushing has a
> rubber collar that separates two metal steering column connectors
from
> one another. When that coupling fails, it usually breaks the ground
> wire that "jumps" the rubber bushing in order to allow the steering
> column to be grounded - which is necessary for the horn to work. The
> failure can cause the horn to either quit entirely or, become
> intermittent depending on whether or not the wire has parted
> completely. The big danger with this failure is that the steering
> itself can fail altogether IF the rubber collar breaks completely
> loose. It's so important that this dampening bushing not fail,
that I
> would try to buy a new one, if possible, and not rely on a used one.
> When I fitted power steering from a Milano to my GTV-6, I had an
> adapter made-up to mate the GTV-6 steering column to the Milano's
> power steering rack (which are different). Since the Milano system
> doesn't use this rubber collar between the steering column and the
> rack, my car no longer uses this part.
>
>
> George Graves
> '86 GTV-6 3.0 'S'
>
>
>
>
> On Dec 29, 2011, at 8:05 AM, [email protected] wrote:
>
> > I just found that on my low mileage 1983 GTV 6, that is has a
fairly
> > common
> > problem in the steering column. There's a bushing in there that
> wears,
> > allowing enough play so that the horn doesn't always work.
> > Specifically, if I
> > push the top of the steering wheel away from me, no horn. If I
pull
> > the top
> > of the wheel toward me, it works fine.
> >
> > I have a good used one coming and won't be taking things apart
until
> > that
> > arrives and survives inspection. I kind of expect the problem to
be
> > some
> > variety of poor bushing material and lack of grease on
assembly, so
> > I'm
> > strongly considering adding a grease fitting.
> >
> > Has anyone else had to deal with this? Comments? How common a
> > problem is
> > it?
> > Stevan Thomas
> > 1983 GTV 6
> > 1973 Berlina
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