Jason James

For me it was a friend of the family's 1956 Hillman. I had to move the car
to be able to get out of our yard. As I reversed the Hillman I noticed it
had a lot of steering wheel slop, about an inch and a half at the rim. Then
while turning the steering-wheel towards lock, it made a loud "thunk" noise
and came back to where it was before attempting to turn it.

In those days, steering boxes often had a peg rather than a recirculating
nut which is in contact with 360 degrees of the worm-gear. The peg or post,
had a bearing to allow it to rotate while it loaded up against the worm gear
on the steering shaft. This car's box was so worn, the peg was jumping the
worm-gear teeth! I used all the adjustment to try and patch it up. She was
left with firm instructions to have it fixed.

Jason

Diesel Damo

On Aug 20, 1:42*pm, "Jason James" <a...@peace.com> wrote:
> For me it was a friend of the family's 1956 Hillman. I had to move the car
> to be able to get out of our yard. As I reversed the Hillman I noticed it
> had a lot of steering wheel slop, about an inch and a half at the rim. Then
> while turning the steering-wheel towards lock, it made a loud "thunk" noise
> and came back to where it was before attempting to turn it.
>
> *In those days, steering boxes often had a peg rather than a recirculating
> nut which is in contact with 360 degrees of the worm-gear. The peg or post,
> had a bearing to allow it to rotate while it loaded up against the worm gear
> on the steering shaft. This car's box was so worn, the peg was jumping the
> worm-gear teeth! I used all the adjustment to try and patch it up. She was
> left with firm instructions to have it fixed.
>
> Jason

I think I posted it not long ago.

On a rural road (i.e. 100 zone), a guy reversing over the crest of a
hill in the left lane.

I came over the crest, saw him closing in on me and thankfully I was
able to swerve. He made a belated and pathetic attempt to slightly
move it onto the grass, but by the time I had everything back where it
should be and looked in my mirrors, he was back onto the road again
and reversing over the crest and out of sight.

This, in logging truck territory.

the_dawggie

On Aug 20, 1:42*pm, "Jason James" <a...@peace.com> wrote:

> For me it was a friend of the family's 1956 Hillman. I had to move the car
> to be able to get out of our yard. As I reversed the Hillman I noticed it
> had a lot of steering wheel slop, about an inch and a half at the rim. Then
> while turning the steering-wheel towards lock, it made a loud "thunk" noise
> and came back to where it was before attempting to turn it.
>
> *In those days, steering boxes often had a peg rather than a recirculating
> nut which is in contact with 360 degrees of the worm-gear. The peg or post,
> had a bearing to allow it to rotate while it loaded up against the worm gear
> on the steering shaft. This car's box was so worn, the peg was jumping the
> worm-gear teeth! I used all the adjustment to try and patch it up. She was
> left with firm instructions to have it fixed.

Minx? Should have got Harry Potter on that job :-)

I've not really had any dangerous moments driving, tyres are likely
culprits, a couple of blow outs at 100 kph, and a couple of years
back a couple of new tyres that were just not right at all, and I
would
say dangerous.

I've never had bits fall off unlike another poster here with a
similar vehicle to mine :-p

Ron

"Jason James" <at@peace.com> wrote in
news:48ab921c$0$16419$c30e37c6@pit-reader.telstra.net:


My old mans ZA Fairlane.
Drove it a mile up the road to the brothers place from the old mans farm.

Turned it around new the machinery shed and the steering linkage fell of
the steering box. Springs had became weak and the ball on the steering arm
from the box, just popped out!

Old man nearly shit himself, as the night before he drove it home from the
local town, sitting on 140kph.

atec77

Jason James wrote:
> For me it was a friend of the family's 1956 Hillman. I had to move the car
> to be able to get out of our yard. As I reversed the Hillman I noticed it
> had a lot of steering wheel slop, about an inch and a half at the rim. Then
> while turning the steering-wheel towards lock, it made a loud "thunk" noise
> and came back to where it was before attempting to turn it.
>
> In those days, steering boxes often had a peg rather than a recirculating
> nut which is in contact with 360 degrees of the worm-gear. The peg or post,
> had a bearing to allow it to rotate while it loaded up against the worm gear
> on the steering shaft. This car's box was so worn, the peg was jumping the
> worm-gear teeth! I used all the adjustment to try and patch it up. She was
> left with firm instructions to have it fixed.
>
> Jason
>
>
Latest one was a 240z I bought recently ( nc class machine) , driving it
onto the trailor noticed it had lots of steering slop , up on the hoist
we foind the owner had been driving around with the lock rings on the
steering rattling and only age and rust holding it there , he claimed to
have recently managed 160 plus in it coming home...

veritas

Sharks in my bath tub......
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the_dawggie

On Aug 20, 4:39*pm, veritas <x...@xxxxx.com> wrote:

> Sharks in my bath tub......

Pirannas might be more painfull :-0

Dan---

On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:48:56 -0700, the_dawggie PCM code reading says:

> On Aug 20, 4:39Â*pm, veritas <x...@xxxxx.com> wrote:
>
>> Sharks in my bath tub......
>
> Pirannas might be more painfull :-0

Just punch them in the nose. :-p.



--
Regards
Dan

atec77

veritas wrote:
>
>
>
> Sharks in my bath tub......
> ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **
EWwwww you have farts in your bathtub ?
how rude.

NoOne@Home

A Catholic priest in a school.