<VV> Corvair steering box lash adjust screw turns with locknut ?

[J R Read_HML]

You have to back the nut off a turn or two, make the adjustment, tighten the 
nut.  I'm 99% sure I mentioned that about a month ago.
Later, JR

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charles Lee" <Chaz at ProperProper.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Monday, August 23, 2010 9:24 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Corvair steering box lash adjust screw turns with locknut 
?


> What I meant was, I couldn't turn it any further CW than it already was.
>
> In other words, I could not make it any tighter.
>
> The locknut is tight on the screw and I need to have them free from each 
> other, so that I can turn the screw CW (with them doing the old 'lockstep' 
> the CW movement is limited to what I had when I started)
>
> If I turn the screw out (CCW) to get the locknut free from the screw, will 
> I damage anything ?
>
> Charlie
>
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