33-36 Steering Column, upper

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2012/2/8 13:10:48

Anyone have any experience removing and replacing what I believe is a sleeve bushing at the top of the steering column on a 1936 Twelve? 33-36 Twelves, Eights and Super Eights may be the same or at least a similar construction.

A friend has excessive steering wheel side-to-side pay, this after having the column outer sleeve rechromed. I'm guessing the acid exposure in cleaning and plating partially degraded the bushing which wasn't noticed until after reassembly.

It would seem the only way to attack this problem is to unscrew the outer sleeve from the gear box and withdraw it up thru the car interior to get at the bushing if indeed that is what it is. Easy enough to make a sleeve bushing, not to easy to see the simplist way to remove & install. Pictures in the parts books not particulary useful, no info in the Service Letters.