Glad to hear you got it done ok, bit worrying about the pinch bolt though. Dave. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevins Work" <kevin.milliken@xxxx> To: <doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 1:47 PM Subject: [doc] Re : Steering Bush > Hi > > Just to update those people that gave me advice on fitting the steering bush > that Martin got for me. > > Started last night about 4.30 and finished at 6.30 with just the knee pads > to fit all went quite well without any major problems. > > Except, I am very glad that I did change it as during the process I > discovered that the pinch bolt on the lower steering shaft had never been > tightened. The shaft was just floating around on the splines held on by a > wing and a prayer. > > I had driven the car back from Birmingham 150 miles with the steering like > this!!! and could have lost the steering completely on turning the wheel to > hard. I will now be checking all steering and wheel components before it > goes on the road again. > > Kevin > > > > > > > DOC UK Website: www.delorean.co.uk > Unsubscribe: doc-uk-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** Unless otherwise stated, all messages posted to the group are assumed public and may be printed in the club magazine ** > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > >