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DoctorDee

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I have long since ceased to be surprised by some of the "engineering" I find on "Gladys".

 

Decided to fit a removable boss for the steering wheel as my navel gets ever closer to it....

 

Removed the wheell and the upper part of what is a split boss.

 

I expected to see a nut on the top of the shaft itself, (all Sierra's have a nut holding the wheel boss in place don't they) ...WRONG...., there is a girt bolt screwed into the top of this particular component.

 

So....if it's not sierra..... whot iis it.......

 

Any help will be gratefully received as usual

 

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Thank you for your responses Gentlemen.....

 

this means that our friends at Haynes are talking through their proverbials...obviously a typo..

 

Take it that it's three legged puller on and power up the rattle gun

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If the central nut -- the big blue one-- is slackened off by 2/3 complete threads the wheel should come loose with a couple of good open palm smacks on the underside of the rim. Leave the bolt slack & in place other-wise you'll be eating plastic.

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Thanks Bob for your ,(always), sound advice....

 

Unfortunately we appear to have another well engineered fitment on what is the long list of well engineered fitments that I have run into "The Gladster".

 

I swore blind I would never put in print on the forum what a crap build she is......but she is...short cut after short cut after shortcut

 

So much so I am considering changing her name to "Gonzo"...

 

In short, I have a very bruised hand,..... This prompted the post in the first place.

 

However, half the fun is fixing these things and I still love her dearly....

 

Onward and upward and thanks once again

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I believe the mk 1 Sierra (82-86) had the nut on the end of the column, the later ones used a bolt. The Sierra Haynes manual doesn't mention the bolt version only the nut one. My column is the nut version.

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You should never do anything with a head cold....... what an idiot I am....I shall retreat to a corner of the room until I can think of something to say that is not quite so stupid.....I think I'll go back to building trikes :crazy:

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