[DeTomaso] Steering Shaft Slip Joint

[JDeRyke at aol.com]

In a message dated 3/31/10 1:59:55 PM, tmshinro at aol.com writes:

> I had some slop in my (steering shaft) slip joint and I inserted a brass 
> shim in the joint to fill the void.  Went to a hobby store to get some 
> brass sheet stock of the needed thickness and cut out a piece to fit into the 
> joint.
> 

Originally, there were two thin nylon shims in there but they didn't last 
long. Your fix is a good one, as is squeezing the flat sides in to take up 
some of the resulting slack. FWIW- J DeRyke