[T2] Steering column

[Bob Pratt]

OK John,
Thanks.

Bob

> On Sep 27, 2016, at 10:45 PM, John Anderson <wvukidsdoc at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> Bob you know, for a 71 I just don't recall, very late and Vanagon definitely bearing, early (my 69) is bushed, 71, I don't remember.  Did it look super thin (< 1/16) like a race for needles, or more like a thin bronze (1/8 or so but maybe wallowed out) bush.  My Bentley's are all trapped in storage.  Regardless I think a thin bronze bush would give years of good service, would likely need to be custom made.
> 
> John
> 
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>> On Sep 26, 2016, at 4:01 PM, Bob Pratt <ka1dza at verizon.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Thanks John,
>> I forgot to mention the the bus is 1971 model
>> 
>> Bob
>> 
>>> On Sep 25, 2016, at 9:37 PM, John Anderson <wvukidsdoc at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Bob some years are just a bush, which may be what you are describing.
>>> 
>>> John
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPad
>>> 
>>>> On Sep 24, 2016, at 7:02 AM, Bob Pratt <ka1dza at verizon.net> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi all,
>>>> When I took the steering tube apart, I noticed that the steering column bearing, #3 on the exploded view, on page 27 in the front axle chapter of the Bentley book, was just a cage. 
>>>> 
>>>> Are there suppose to be bearings in that cage? Or is it suppose to be empty. If there are bearings in the cage where do I find them? If they're NLA are there any suitable replacements?
>>>> 
>>>> BTW.. I'm still working on the wiring, but the summer here had been too hot and humid fore me to work outside safely.
>>>> 
>>>> Bob
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