Does anyone make a steering column bracket mount reinforcement?
My column has more play than I'd like. Feels like the lower dash mount is too thin to support the column.
Posted 07 May 2013 - 10:10 AM
Does anyone make a steering column bracket mount reinforcement?
My column has more play than I'd like. Feels like the lower dash mount is too thin to support the column.
Posted 07 May 2013 - 10:42 AM
Mine was the same.
Got rid of the drop bracket, was no better.
Got behind the rail and put a thin strip of steel in there to strengthen it up just using the two bolts that attach the bracket to rail.
Really improved it.
If i had the gear and the skills, i would have welded it in and had it extend the length of the rail on the drivers side.
Also check all the pedal box retaining bolts are tight too.
Cheers
Ian
Edited by iwatkins, 07 May 2013 - 10:49 AM.
Posted 07 May 2013 - 11:06 AM
Yeah might end up doing just that.
Was more interested in something that bolt mount to the bulkhead or something more rigid.
Curious, has no ones lower dash ripped due to the back and forth movement (fatigue)?
Posted 07 May 2013 - 12:23 PM
Posted 07 May 2013 - 12:32 PM
Posted 07 May 2013 - 01:02 PM
The column mounting is part of the pedal box structure, and if you are having problems I think that something is seriously amiss with the pedal box or bulkhead. The pedal box bolts to the main bulkhead crossmember, and the vertical face below, and if there is cracking
Ahh now I remember. I didn't bolt that yet. Thanks
I was under the impression only the lower dash supported the column.
Posted 07 May 2013 - 01:50 PM
If you haven't fitted the pedal box then you have also fitted the steering column clamp incorrectly as the clamp passes through the end of the pedal box, it all gets clamped together as one assembly. The small yellow locking plate and the nut plate work against each other to clamp it up.
Posted 07 May 2013 - 03:22 PM
If you haven't fitted the pedal box then you have also fitted the steering column clamp incorrectly as the clamp passes through the end of the pedal box, it all gets clamped together as one assembly. The small yellow locking plate and the nut plate work against each other to clamp it up.
I just checked right now. The pedal box is bolted to the dash and column. I thought I forgot, but your right no way to bolt it in without bolting the pedal box as well.
There's zero up/down movement. What bothers me is the side to side movement.
Posted 07 May 2013 - 03:25 PM
It shouldn't do that. Can you get a photo of how you have installed the clamp?
Posted 07 May 2013 - 03:32 PM
Edited by E.L.M.O, 07 May 2013 - 03:33 PM.
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