<VV> (LM steering joints)

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The rubber boot is Clark's #C2025, now in stock. Just bought two this week.

-Mark

> [Original Message]
> From: <tkalp at cox.net>
> Subject: Re: <VV> (LM steering joints)
>
> Chris,  what I think you are calling a "cover", I call the cup, that is 
> the metal part that the blocks and a lot of grease ride in.  The one's I 
> have taken apart also have a rubber boot (sort of like the accelerator 
> boot) that come in from the open end of the cup, is held in by an 
> internal C clip and seals around the steering shaft to keep the grease 
> in and dirt out.  Is that perhaps the part that was "replaced" with 
> black tape?  Vega's share the same type of joint and the boot will 
> interchange on the Corvair . . . (like Vega parts are any easier to 
> find).
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> tkalp
> wichita, ks
>
> On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 12:44 PM, chris mann wrote:
>
> > when i bought my 69 monza it came to me without a steering wheel, 
> > steering columns and steering box.
> > The PO decided he did not want to me have the telescopic :-(
> > I have since retrieved one (non-telescopic) and am attempting to 
> > reassembly the shaft to the "knuckle" and the steering box.
> > On my other 69 (as I use it for visual reference) there is some black 
> > tape wrapping the "knuckle".
> > The "knuckle" is the metal cover that protects the bearing blocks and 
> > spring with grease.
> > What kind of black tape or mastic should I consider? Have referenced 
> > the vendors and found nothing suggested/offered?
> > -chris mann
> >