[DeTomaso] Steering Shaft Slip Joint
tmshinro at aol.com
tmshinro at aol.com
Wed Mar 31 16:59:16 EDT 2010
I had some slop in my 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. Was an easy fix and it hasn't loosened up yet (23 years and counting)
Tom
#5186
-----Original Message-----
From: MikeLDrew at aol.com
To: hemipanter at hemipanter.se
Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
Sent: Wed, Mar 31, 2010 3:38 pm
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] need data on other cars re Hemmings article
In a message dated 3/31/10 13 24 25, hemipanter at hemipanter.se writes:
> Looks like a skrew blocking the deformation section of the steering axle?
>
http://www.poca.com/index.php/gallery/?g2_itemId=9220
>>>Yes--I had a ton of slop there, and Dennis Quella and other recommended
using a bolt and nut arrangement to pinch the outer portion against the
inner portion. Unfortunately it's not as effective as I would have hoped, plus
I've lost the ability of that piece to collapse in a front-end collision.
I'm not overly concerned about that, since I wear five-point harnesses even
when I drive around the block.
However, I still have unwanted play in the slip joint; while the bolt did
pull the center of the outer portion in, the corners are really where it acts
againt the inner piece, and they are still too far out.
There are various methods of dealing with that--Wilkinson to me to place
the assembly in a 60-ton press and smash the flat sides flat (a 20-ton press
doesn't have enough oomph to do that job, as the pieces in question are
extremely hard). Another solution (I believe from Quella) would be to
tack-weld
the corners--making the unit rigid, but the welds weak enough to break in
the event of a collision and still allow the unit to collapse.
I intend to deal with it in the next few months--one way or the other, that
bolt will be gone before long.
Mike
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