midgeman Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 JUST STRIPPED DOWN THE STEERING COLUMN ON THE 13/60 CONVERTIBLE TO GET IT READY FOR NEW BUSHES AND A COAT OF PAINT AND FOUND THAT THE OUTER COLUMN IS MADE OF ALLOY IS THIS STANDARD AS I WAS EXPECTING IT TO BE MILD STEEL.ALSO ANYONE HAVE ANY ADVISE ON THE BEST WAY TO FIT THE NEW BUSHES WITHOUT CAUSING ANY DAMAGE TO THEM AS THE OLD ONES WERE A PIG TO GET OUT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mazfg Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 I've just done the same, although you done a much better job of stripping the paint off.Yes the bushes are difficult to get out, but simple to get in. I just smeared some silicone grease around the inside of each column end then pushed them in...simples! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simoneg Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 Bit late now but see Sorry , link no longer availableSimon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 Are they supposed to come apart like that? Never seen one in two bits before.......?Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mazfg Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 I got a couple, but had to send one back as the nylon part had cracked and was offset, do thinner around some parts of the edge.. Bush is made up of rubber, steel sleeve and nylon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heraldcoupe Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Nick_Jones wrote:Are they supposed to come apart like that? Never seen one in two bits before.......?They're not supposed to, but the join between the two parts on the later columns is pretty tenuous and they will often seperate of their own accord.Cheers,Bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Encom Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 2580 wrote:JUST STRIPPED DOWN THE STEERING COLUMN ON THE 13/60 CONVERTIBLE TO GET IT READY FOR NEW BUSHES AND A COAT OF PAINT AND FOUND THAT THE OUTER COLUMN IS MADE OF ALLOY IS THIS STANDARD AS I WAS EXPECTING IT TO BE MILD STEEL.ALSO ANYONE HAVE ANY ADVISE ON THE BEST WAY TO FIT THE NEW BUSHES WITHOUT CAUSING ANY DAMAGE TO THEM AS THE OLD ONES WERE A PIG TO GET OUT.I used the 'uprated' bushes from Rimmers and a little bit of rubber grease, then a tight fitting socket on the end of a drift, tapping them home with a soft hammer. Taped up both ends with tape to protect the powder coating once bushes had a start.Bottom one went in a little out of square ie: locating lugs didn't line up with the holes in the column and managed to turn it 1/4 inch with screw driver placed through the locating hole.All up took about 20mins, and a vast improvement over the bolt held in by spring steel someone had put through the old shaft to take up the slack in the factory bushes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Hammond Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 What's with the capital letters? It's forum speak for shouting don't you know?Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Hammond Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 What's with the capital letters? It's forum speak for shouting don't you know?Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mazfg Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 1867 wrote:I used the 'uprated' bushes from Rimmers and a little bit of rubber grease, then a tight fitting socket on the end of a drift, tapping them home with a soft hammer. Taped up both ends with tape to protect the powder coating once bushes had a start.Bottom one went in a little out of square ie: locating lugs didn't line up with the holes in the column and managed to turn it 1/4 inch with screw driver placed through the locating hole.All up took about 20mins, and a vast improvement over the bolt held in by spring steel someone had put through the old shaft to take up the slack in the factory bushes. Sounds good, the tricky bit i had was getting the bushes onto the steering column itself...soo tight mine moved up the column sleeve and I've just had to buy 2 more new ones......waiting to see how others do it before attempting again...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midgeman Posted February 16, 2012 Author Share Posted February 16, 2012 New bushes fitted and column now refurbished and ready to go back on when ALL the other stuff is done. 2580 wrote:JUST STRIPPED DOWN THE STEERING COLUMN ON THE 13/60 CONVERTIBLE TO GET IT READY FOR NEW BUSHES AND A COAT OF PAINT AND FOUND THAT THE OUTER COLUMN IS MADE OF ALLOY IS THIS STANDARD AS I WAS EXPECTING IT TO BE MILD STEEL.ALSO ANYONE HAVE ANY ADVISE ON THE BEST WAY TO FIT THE NEW BUSHES WITHOUT CAUSING ANY DAMAGE TO THEM AS THE OLD ONES WERE A PIG TO GET OUT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Hammond Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 That's better Midgeman! Nice paint job on that column, BTW!M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieB Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 What are the "uprated" bushes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midgeman Posted February 16, 2012 Author Share Posted February 16, 2012 Yes I was wondering the same as Rimmers do not show a photo on the web site and the price they as asking is high to say the least.CharlieB wrote:What are the "uprated" bushes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mazfg Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Triumph-TR4-TR4A-TR5-TR6-Bush-Uprated-Type-Steering-Column-209423S-/220890494997?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item336e197815Here's a picture of them thar fancy bushes.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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