Posted by Hugh MacKay on September 25, 2009 at 16:58:41 from (209.226.247.112):
In Reply to: calling Hugh mcKay posted by Bruce Wa. on September 25, 2009 at 16:05:40:
Bruce: Just let me make sure I'm reading this right, Your saying the vertical shaft, with square taper has a twist in the square taper, right or wrong? How much of a twist? I have to think you may be better off finding another shaft.
I have smoothed these up with an angle grinder, but a twist or cork screw effect could take a lot of grinding. What I use to restore the size of the square taper is shim stock. Let me correct that, shim stock has become obsolete, made that way by the aluminum can. I near fellover back two years ago, went looking for shim stock. Most places sales staff looked at me as though I had two heads.
My biggest fear in this case is you may have trouble keeping the steering control arm tight if this requires a lot of shim buildup. I've never used more than 2-3 wraps of shim stock.
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