RE: SER1 Steering problem

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Hi from Sydney,
Iain,
Check the longitudinal arm assembly from the steering box to relay box. It's 
possible that a locking clamp ring has loosened and the clamps are rotating 
so that the bolts are sometimes contacting the battery box support rather 
than clearing it and so limiting travel. As it also moves sideways slightly 
above the chassis rail at the front end make sure the arm and ball joints 
clear the brake pipe. Occasionally the upper relay lever pinch bolt fouls 
also. Check if the steering drop arm is contacting the firewall when it is 
at full lock - it should just clear rather than touching so if it does touch 
you will have to reposition it on the rocker shaft. Can't think of anything 
else at the moment, setting it up is in the workshop manual.
Bob Shannon


>From: Iain McKenzie <iain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xx.xx>
>Reply-To: series1@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
>To: series1@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
>Subject: SER1 Steering problem
>Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 11:30:24 +0000
>
>Hi folks,
>I was wondering if anyone had any ideas to this odd problem we've just got.
>I'ts not a Series 1 but my fiancee's 1960 109 Series 2 so similar 
>enough.... We got it stuck up against a fence on sloping muddy ground and 
>had a lot of shunting up and down to get it out. Driving home afterwards we 
>noticed a dramatic reduction in right hand steering lock. Like the two 
>right turns we did involved pavement and a hedge to get it round. There was 
>nothing obviously broken or bent. The following day I jacked up the front 
>end, the steering moves from lock to lock quite smoothly, with not too much 
>play at the wheel. To make it more drivable  I removed the steering arm off 
>the box, centralised the steering wheel, so it was in the middle of the 3 
>and a half turns from lock to lock, or whatever, centralised the front 
>wheels and bunged it back on. Its better, but still obviously not right. 
>The result is a much reduced left lock, but not as bad as the previous 
>right lock, and the right lock is sort of livable with.
>Obviously that comes under the 'first aid' catagory rather than a repair, 
>but we're not sure what the problem is. I'm guessing at a problem with the 
>steering box, but I've never come across one do this before.
>Any ideas?
>cheers
>Iaim
>
>
>
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