Question on '70 column, lower bushing?
Hi all,
I'm pulling the suspension and steering on my '70 Swinger to replace pretty much everything as it appears original and its sloppy. The car was power steering but I'm planning on putting in a 18-1 manual box so I already went out and grabbed that and a Flaming River PS to MS adapter shaft.
When I pulled the PS box out and coupler off, the steering shaft does not appear to have a support bushing or bearing supporting it as I can move it from one side of the shift tube to the other. Now, I'm kinda new at the car side of Dodge, (been on the Cummins truck side of things for a while) but this doesn't seem correct and there may be something missing. I know that the trucks have a bearing at the bottom but do the cars?
Tom
Hi all,
I'm pulling the suspension and steering on my '70 Swinger to replace pretty much everything as it appears original and its sloppy. The car was power steering but I'm planning on putting in a 18-1 manual box so I already went out and grabbed that and a Flaming River PS to MS adapter shaft.
When I pulled the PS box out and coupler off, the steering shaft does not appear to have a support bushing or bearing supporting it as I can move it from one side of the shift tube to the other. Now, I'm kinda new at the car side of Dodge, (been on the Cummins truck side of things for a while) but this doesn't seem correct and there may be something missing. I know that the trucks have a bearing at the bottom but do the cars?
Tom
