Steering column bush - "Bush-in-ell!!"

[sprint95m]

There is a very easy way to replace the bulkhead bush on flat dash cars as described by Clive Wright in Dolly Mixture,
namely
1. Remove intermediate steering shaft from the steering column.
2. From inside the car, remove the four bolts fixing the bulkhead plate into place.
3. (From engine bay) remove the bulkhead plate.
4. Go to bench and fit your replacement bush.

Clive, who no longer seems to be a TDC member, wrote several very informative and useful articles.
Well worth investing in a TDC technical articles DVD................





Ian.

[Essexwriter]

Thanks both - I'll sort it out properly this week. Much appreciated.

Best,

Ben

[Jon Tilson]

The Clive method is sound but has a major BUT IMHO...

The plate is pretty well stuck on with mastic and getting it off can be a right old pain. Then it has to be sealed up well when refitted or its yet another
source of wet carpets.

Hence I go for the column out method, but then I mostly have to do this on HL adjustable column cars....

Your mileage may vary as they say....

Jonners

[Toledo Man]

I did the "plate out" method on the Dolly 1300. I had to undo the rack mounts to be able to get the coupling out. On Brown, I just slid the column out of the coupling which can be done just by loosening the adjuster. The rest of the steering column can remain in situ. The bush can be replaced with the plate in situ. It would be wise to invest in a Superflex bush. Well worth the money.

[george]

from the factory they were always fitted from the inside we nearly always changed the bush and plate but you have to go with just the bush as BL has been defunct for a long time..... no doubt fitted from the rack end as a bodge as it probably is a bit easier