What kind of shims are you installing and why? Are they for a lowered beam? Don't those go under the bottom beam? They shouldn't effect your steering shaft unless they are under the top beam. I'm a link pin guy myself, so I don't know much about the ball joints. 8)
Eric ----- Original Message ----- From: Chuck Kuecker<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 5:08 PM Subject: Re: [vintagvw] narrow beam install problem Loosen the two bolts holding the steering shaft cover to the bottom of the dash - there's a bit of adjustment there. Pre-'68 cars have a rubber collar that is clamped to the dash by the curved strap the bolts hold to the dash - you will need to break this loose and slide it down a little. '68 and newer cars have slots in the top part of the column where the ignition key is, and that's the range of adjustment. Did the wheel line up properly with the original beam and steering gear? A narrowed beam should still be the same distance from the place the steering gear fits to the wheel... Chuck Kuecker Peter Perez wrote: > ok, 2" narrowed bj beam installed. also installed > shims under beam. started to install steering coupler > and noticed angle of steering shaft to steering box > isn't straight on. bolted everything up thinking it > might all come together and the round coupler got > "curvy" looking from the bad angles. looked at the > steering wheel and there was like 5/8" gap between the > steering wheel and the turn signal collar. So i loosen > the beam bolts and slide out the caster shims and > tighten everything back up. remove the steering > coupler and see that the steering shaft and steering > box are almost lined up straight, and the steering > wheel is perfectly spaced with the turn signal. put > the steering coupler back in and the steering wheel > only sticks out about 7/16". Is there something > adjustable I'm missing? can the steering column be > slid up to make up for that 7/16"s? Thanks folks. > ;=- pete > 707CA > > _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw<http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw> _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
