Steering and suspension Steering shaft joints

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Steering Column shaft coupling (inside vehicle)

Fullsonian: I'm trying to find a replacememt steering coupling for the one at the bottom of the steering shaft in the vehicle cab. 

The one that has the two pins passing through, it wears out and makes the steering rattle like hell :evil: Can't find them on brickwerks, anybody know anywhere that does them?

Toolsntat: On mine I have 2 rubber grommets that those 2 pins go into and not bare metal. Are your grommets missing?

Fullsonian: Thanks for that. The grommets are there but have gone oval. Like I said it knocks like hell over bumps! Going to strip it tomorrow and have a good look...

vern41130: Mine has a jubilee clip round it, was wondering why and I'm guessing I've found out!

Probably not the greatest solution ? Isnt this the bit that's supposed to come apart in a crash to stop you getting a steering wheel to the face


lhd: They are about £1.00 each and make a massive difference when renewed. Find a local Cordwallis and order them, its not worth messing around for that money.

cruz: This has just reminded me to change my grommet bushes too as my steering has been sloppy in the middle for years


'toolsntat: Just a timely reminder that I had rattly steering for a while, until one day it went clunk and then floppy @@

It was because one of the bolts on the first flexi-joint had worked loose and then dropped out as we were going along the A14

(a leisure battery terminal bolt saved the day ).

Steering Column shaft rubber UJ Couplings (outside vehicle)

These noise isolation UJ's are flat rubber disc/plate type, with 4 push-fit steel bushes taking short M8 nuts and bolts.

The one at the steering rack end of the return shaft seems to go first, seen many on Syncros that are perished badly, once we saw a Syncro lose or break a bolt.

At the steering box end, one joint might require removing the splined fitting, if so, scribe the two, so that steering is dead-ahead centre-aligned when refitted!