RE: Steering box

[Ian Lomax <sfalfisto@domain.elided>]

Hey Paul,

I have a spare box you are welcome to play with if you
want.  I'm moving soon, and just need it out of my
garage.  I replaced it with a rebuilt unit, and it's
honestly probably in worse shape than yours, but you
might be able to salvage some of the steel balls to
use it your other box and tighten it up.  Anyhoo, it's
free for the asking, heck I'll even deliver!  

Cheers,
Ian Lomax

--- Henrik Hasager Johansen <hjohansen@domain.elided>
wrote:
> Paul, As far as I remember your Spider is a 72. The
> steering box needs
> to come outta the car in order to take it apart. You
> need to remove the
> exhaust manifold in the process and don't put the
> master cylinders back
> on 'till the box is back in. The reason you have to
> take the whole box
> out is the shaft. It is firmly attached to the box.
> You also have to
> take the steering wheel and the steering tube off.
> It is quite a task. I
> would say that if your box is OK without play or bad
> noises, fill it up
> with 80W90 oil again. 
> 
> Henrik
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 
> Okay, I know I'm supposed to be putting things back
> together but as I
> was
> getting ready to bleed the brakes and clutch I went
> through my records
> and
> discovered that I hadn't rebuilt the master
> cylinders yet so I pulled
> them
> off. I knew there would be some brake fluid in the
> booster because of a
> leaky master cylinder years ago but when I saw how
> much I decided I'd
> pull
> the thing off, inspect and clean it out properly.
> Well that lead to
> removing
> the whole pedal box assembly......but that's not the
> story I want to
> tell
> right now.
> 
> Anyway, since the steering box was just staring at
> me openly after
> removing
> all that other stuff I decided to pop the top off
> and see what's inside.
> I
> guess it used to be filled with oil which leaked out
> decades ago so i'm
> wondering if I should take it apart, clean it and
> pack the bearings with
> grease. Has anyone out there done this? If so can I
> do it without
> pulling
> the whole box off the car? The reason is that I
> installed a chassis
> stiffener and I don't really want to go through the
> hassle or
> reinstalling
> those bolts again. It looks like I can pop the front
> and rear plates off
> and
> get the bearings out (after pulling the steering
> shaft out). Is there
> anything else I can do? Anything rebuildable? Any
> parts available?
> 
> TIA
> 
> Paul Irvine - Antioch CA
> Project Alfa - http://home.pcmagic.net/pi
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