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  1. 3rd March 2012, 04:52 PM #1
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    lower steering column bearing

    hi, my rangie has alot of play on the bottem of the steering column. i just spent all day replaceing the top bearing (rtc774) and eventhough it was really flogged out it didnt help. iv looked into the column with a torch and cant see a lower bearing? it cant of just vanished into thin air? the only thing i can find on the internet is a part number "RTC3982" but i cant find a pic or any info about it anywhere. there must be something in the lower shaft holding it in place. the steering shaft just flops about and scrapes the hole in the bulkhead.

    any help would be great, cheers, andy
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    i found a sort of plastic bushing and a spring at the bottem of the steering shaft. could this be rovers idea of a lower column bearing? i have pictures but not sure how to post them but ill try anyway . if anyone can give me a part number for this it would be great.

    cheers, andy

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    Use to get Service exchange columns off me old mate Les Richmond(RIP).and he modified the lower bush arrangement to be a small taper roller . Perhaps his sons at
    www.lrautomotive.com.au still do them ??
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    i just searched it on the website part number RTC3982. which i got from another website, no pics or info, fingers crossed i havent blowen $40 on the wrong thing

    cheers, andy
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    Could you let us know if that's the right part, I just discovered yesterday my column bushes are worn out.
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    Quote Originally Posted by POD View Post
    Could you let us know if that's the right part, I just discovered yesterday my column bushes are worn out.
    it should arrive on thursday, ill let you know mate.

    cheers, andy
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    Quote Originally Posted by POD View Post
    Could you let us know if that's the right part, I just discovered yesterday my column bushes are worn out.
    no its the wrong part mate. they dont make the lower bushing anymore aparently. i glued mine back togeather and its reasonable. i measured it while it was out thinking i might get a macine shop to make a brass one at some point, but at the moment iv had the column out like 5 times trying to sort it out so i think ill leave it at that for now haha. if you want the dimensions ill post them up if you want?

    cheers, andy
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    That would be handy, would be good to have the part on hand prior to removing the column. My wife has plans of buying me a lathe for my 50th this year, bless her heart- this job might be near the top of the queue when it arrives.
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    Quote Originally Posted by POD View Post
    That would be handy, would be good to have the part on hand prior to removing the column. My wife has plans of buying me a lathe for my 50th this year, bless her heart- this job might be near the top of the queue when it arrives.

    right, bareing in mind i had a few bears, my column bushing was worne and my vernier calipers came from china it might pay to add a little to these dimentions.

    its quite hard to explain but here goes!
    as you can see in the pic theres a step in the bushing. the step is to let it sit in the bottem of the column without falling into the column, the larger step of the bushing (the bit thats stops it falling in) we'll refer to as "step A"and the smaller diameter bit of the step (step

    iner diamiter is 25.5mm
    od of step A is 41.0mm
    od of step B is 34.5mm
    over all depth is 21mm

    but if i were making it id maby make it deeper, like 30mm, having step A and B 15mm deap, just so it gets a better hold of the shaft.

    i understand this post will most likley be hard to follow, just ask if you want me to explane anything further.

    cheers, andy
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