After messing around with my steering coupler, I realized that I have a type of "shoe" that is a little different from the ones I've found online. I also haven't found a diagram in the shop manual. Here's a picture of what I have - does anyone have a diagram showing the orientation of the shoes/springs inside the coupler? Thanks!
1965 Steering Coupler Diagram?
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mopowers
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check out the witness marks on the flat side of the shoes and the corresponding "flats" of the springs. I don't have the shaft handy, but here's a photo of how they go.
btw- let me know if you have an extra spring. I've been looking for one for a while.
btw- let me know if you have an extra spring. I've been looking for one for a while.
Keith Mopar
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As bad as this diagram is it's the only one that I could find that has a pic of the Steering coupler.
Check this out. The 3 styles and I just jammed the later style shoes and springs in.
It fit and works.
I tried it both with the new rebuild kit and the old parts assembled correctly...I went with the originals, just because I didn't like that there was really nothing holding my new spring in but spring tension the way I installed it (the new spring is too tall for the coupler when installed correctly). The bottom picture has the original parts and that's how I put it back together.
Mr Dart
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I realize now that I used the middle coupler on my 66. I had the 3 styles and my overhaul kit was the later one. Yes the spring wouldnt fit in the first bold so I used the middle one. I originally had the square one like you. I also trimmed the tube for number 7 header clearance.
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