Re: Steering Gear Removal Procedure

Posted by Mark Graber On 2015/6/14 23:41:14

Yes Bill you do have to remove the steering gear from the car to add shims. That tube for the horn wire goes above the oil line and won't clear the frame otherwise.

Look carefully though for existing shims. I thought mine were gone as well but most of them were there, just disguised by years of dirty grease on the outside of the gear case.

I ended up pulling mine because I could not get a good clean seal on the cover and shims in the car.

I also found that the cover bolts had been over tightened in the past and the case needed to be flattened. It still weeps just a bit.

Good Luck,
Mark