Howdy,
Car is a 70 Dart Swinger 340 with column shifted automatic. I have Reilly front suspension and the flaming river power steering rack. For those familiar, usually the kit comes with a Delrin bushing that slips up in the steering column and holds the steering shaft centered....well I have a column shifted car so I have a shift tube that prevents that from happening. So....I stuck that Delrin bushing on my drill and took sandpaper to the outside diameter so it would fit between the shift tube and the steering shaft to hold the shaft in place.
well....I've had to air chisel that pin out of the flex joint that connects the steering shaft to the Flaming River parts in order to remove the headers a few times.....and doing that hammered on the Delrin a bit and has wobbled out the inside diameter of the Delrin bushing so that now the steering wheel will click back and forth on axis. very annoying, although not a huge deal. I've lived with it.
well....the header had to come out again recently and now I'd like to find a bushing or a bearing or something that will go between the shift tube and the steering shaft....something more permanent and more reliable.
no i'm not talking about this thing... Mopar A Body 70-73, B 70-72, E 70-73 Lower Steering Column Shift Tube Bushing Bearing, Foam Seals & Clip
This is thing is between the column tube and shift tube.....i'm talking the shaft tube and the steering shaft itself.
i'm also not talking about the ser205-16 bearing.....thats not for column shifted cars and is literally what Reilly supplies in Delrin form that i already had to modify.
i tried to search and found nothing really. i can't be the first column shift car that has used the Reilly Motorsports front suspension setup....something better has to be out there to fix this modified delrin bushing.
Car is a 70 Dart Swinger 340 with column shifted automatic. I have Reilly front suspension and the flaming river power steering rack. For those familiar, usually the kit comes with a Delrin bushing that slips up in the steering column and holds the steering shaft centered....well I have a column shifted car so I have a shift tube that prevents that from happening. So....I stuck that Delrin bushing on my drill and took sandpaper to the outside diameter so it would fit between the shift tube and the steering shaft to hold the shaft in place.
well....I've had to air chisel that pin out of the flex joint that connects the steering shaft to the Flaming River parts in order to remove the headers a few times.....and doing that hammered on the Delrin a bit and has wobbled out the inside diameter of the Delrin bushing so that now the steering wheel will click back and forth on axis. very annoying, although not a huge deal. I've lived with it.
well....the header had to come out again recently and now I'd like to find a bushing or a bearing or something that will go between the shift tube and the steering shaft....something more permanent and more reliable.
no i'm not talking about this thing... Mopar A Body 70-73, B 70-72, E 70-73 Lower Steering Column Shift Tube Bushing Bearing, Foam Seals & Clip
This is thing is between the column tube and shift tube.....i'm talking the shaft tube and the steering shaft itself.
i'm also not talking about the ser205-16 bearing.....thats not for column shifted cars and is literally what Reilly supplies in Delrin form that i already had to modify.
i tried to search and found nothing really. i can't be the first column shift car that has used the Reilly Motorsports front suspension setup....something better has to be out there to fix this modified delrin bushing.
