Re: Stewart

Posted by HH56 On 2023/6/28 14:30:03

You should not need the washers on the jamb side of the hinges. That hinge portion on the jamb side is non adjustable and was where Packard suggested removing the doors from the body to avoid disturbing the alignment. If the door side threaded plates move but still does not have the play to get the doors in alignment is there any chance the body was twisted or torqued by use of improper thickness cushions at the body bolts when it was put back on the frame. I still have a small dose of that issue remaining from when I did a body off on my hardtop some 40 years ago.

Not sure what the middle item in the extra parts photo is for --anti rattle or vibration control maybe??-- but believe it is item 3.32586 and goes inside the column below the shift setup. The lower item looks to be the inner bearing race and goes around the shaft to form part of the upper ball bearing assy between the shaft and column. The spring goes on top of that and when the steering wheel is installed pushes down on the spring and inner race to keep it and the bearings under tension.

Here are a couple of parts book illustrations and a photo of a 47 column showing the race. Spring slides on the shaft after the race and then the wheel. Note that if you need to adjust the height of the column to change the gap width after the wheel is installed, depending on how tight the race is grabbing the shaft wheel, spring, and race may need to come off again so the column can slide on the shaft.

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