Need input on loose steering case

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Model T Ford Forum: Forum 2013: Need input on loose steering case
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dan Hatch on Sunday, July 14, 2013 - 05:04 pm:

Guys: I have a loose steering case on a car. Need to tighten up the rivets in the tube. Has anyone done this by themselves? Need a way to back up the rivet, hold the punch and swing the hammer. May be take out floorboards and a bar down to the frame or floor??? Thanks, Dan.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Thomas Kuhn on Sunday, July 14, 2013 - 05:24 pm:

Remove the rivets and use the reamer made for a #2 taper pin,ream the hole one by one and fit the pins to where you like them.They tap in nice and perfectly tight.Did my column this way,it was described in the T repair book and it is by far the best way to resecure the column.Also if you had to dissassemble for whatever reason,you can knock them back out.I have a bunch of those pins and the reamer,PM me if you like!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Stephen D Heatherly on Sunday, July 14, 2013 - 05:25 pm:

Dan, your column tube is also very likely cracked. I would pull the column and go through it. It would also be much easier to install new rivets with the column out of the car.

Stephen


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