Thread: Bartie the Garden Gnome

Originally Posted by Killer

I will, he spotted that from about 6' away looking at a laptop screen, so who knows what he might find on a closer inspection.

Cheers, Mick.

Agreed, what a rivet counter...and around 12 years old..he must up there with harry jnr...oh the joy of the young ones wanting to know about the older landys

Mrs hh

Originally Posted by Timj

So what you are saying is that the steering wheel on there couldn't fit unless the steering box had been changed?
TimJ.

Yes, that's right. If you pop the steering wheel centre off you should find a nut holding the wheel on in the centre. If you look at the original wheel, it has a clamp bolt on the outside of the hub.

There are 2 different 86/107 steering boxes that could be fitted, early had a clamp bolt for the drop arm (similar to 4 spoke wheel) with straight spline, but bigger bolt, the other has a central nut for the drop arm, (similar to the dished wheel), with a tapered spline, but much bigger nut.

The early box had a habit, if the clamp bolt came loose, of stripping the spline, the replacement (88/109) was much more reliable. Both these boxes had a straight spline for the steering wheel. Early version is called a "worm & nut", later is "recirculating ball", so there are considerable internal differences. The box you have at the moment would appear to be a later series 2a or 3.