Steering column bearing
#21
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Re: Steering column bearing
Your column has a u-joint just under the brake reservoir. These get
sloppy over time. A local suspension shop will cut that out and put a
greaseable one in for something like $150.00 or 175 if I remember right.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Greg wrote:
>
> What are the signs they need replacing? Ever since I got my 81 CJ 2 years
> ago, there is a rattle type feel while going down the road and over bumps,
> had all the steering from engine down checked 3 times, and they can't find
> anything, I never thought about it being in the column, but now that I think
> about it, when I drive it I feel like the if pushed on the steering column
> would move, but it doesn't, just that's what the rattle type vibration feels
> like while driving.
>
> "Lee Ayrton" <layrton@panix.com> wrote in message
> news:d5e1no$npq$1@reader1.panix.com...
> > Your local parts jobber would be a good start, it is an off-the-shelf GM
> > assembly. There's two sets of ball bearings and races, the one you're
> > talking about below the signal light switch and one at the bottom end of
> > the column tube held up with a plastic doughnut and wire C-clip. If
> > you're doing one...
> >
> > I replaced both of mine a couple of years ago, so they are readily
> > available.
> >
> >
> > Mike Duane Jr. wrote:
> >> Hi Everyone, I replaced the steering column in my CJ with a factory tilt
> >> column but the shaft bearing just below the steering wheel is toast. ANy
> >> ideas where to get a replacement? I was thinking of trying to match up a
> >> sealed bearing as a replacement, any thoughts?
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >>
> >> Mike D.
> >> 85 CJ7
> >
sloppy over time. A local suspension shop will cut that out and put a
greaseable one in for something like $150.00 or 175 if I remember right.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Greg wrote:
>
> What are the signs they need replacing? Ever since I got my 81 CJ 2 years
> ago, there is a rattle type feel while going down the road and over bumps,
> had all the steering from engine down checked 3 times, and they can't find
> anything, I never thought about it being in the column, but now that I think
> about it, when I drive it I feel like the if pushed on the steering column
> would move, but it doesn't, just that's what the rattle type vibration feels
> like while driving.
>
> "Lee Ayrton" <layrton@panix.com> wrote in message
> news:d5e1no$npq$1@reader1.panix.com...
> > Your local parts jobber would be a good start, it is an off-the-shelf GM
> > assembly. There's two sets of ball bearings and races, the one you're
> > talking about below the signal light switch and one at the bottom end of
> > the column tube held up with a plastic doughnut and wire C-clip. If
> > you're doing one...
> >
> > I replaced both of mine a couple of years ago, so they are readily
> > available.
> >
> >
> > Mike Duane Jr. wrote:
> >> Hi Everyone, I replaced the steering column in my CJ with a factory tilt
> >> column but the shaft bearing just below the steering wheel is toast. ANy
> >> ideas where to get a replacement? I was thinking of trying to match up a
> >> sealed bearing as a replacement, any thoughts?
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >>
> >> Mike D.
> >> 85 CJ7
> >
#22
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Re: Steering column bearing
IANACertifiedAutoTechnician, so take any advice I offer with a grain of
salt. The top one in mine might not have needed replacing but I was in
the middle of a ground-up rebuild and thought "Do it now? Do it later?
Do it now? Do it, aww fark, do it now while it is apart." The bottom
bearing is exposed to a lot of road crap and of the three 1970s CJ's
I've hand my hands on the bottom bearing was shot and the ***** gone to
hell on all of them, with the plastic retainer doing all the work. On a
SWAG, if you can grab the steering shaft U-joint and wiggle the shaft in
the column tube I'd replace the bearing.
Greg wrote:
> What are the signs they need replacing? Ever since I got my 81 CJ 2 years
> ago, there is a rattle type feel while going down the road and over bumps,
> had all the steering from engine down checked 3 times, and they can't find
> anything, I never thought about it being in the column, but now that I think
> about it, when I drive it I feel like the if pushed on the steering column
> would move, but it doesn't, just that's what the rattle type vibration feels
> like while driving.
>
> "Lee Ayrton" <layrton@panix.com> wrote in message
> news:d5e1no$npq$1@reader1.panix.com...
>
>>Your local parts jobber would be a good start, it is an off-the-shelf GM
>>assembly. There's two sets of ball bearings and races, the one you're
>>talking about below the signal light switch and one at the bottom end of
>>the column tube held up with a plastic doughnut and wire C-clip. If
>>you're doing one...
>>
>>I replaced both of mine a couple of years ago, so they are readily
>>available.
>>
>>
>>Mike Duane Jr. wrote:
>>
>>>Hi Everyone, I replaced the steering column in my CJ with a factory tilt
>>>column but the shaft bearing just below the steering wheel is toast. ANy
>>>ideas where to get a replacement? I was thinking of trying to match up a
>>>sealed bearing as a replacement, any thoughts?
>>>
>>>Thanks!
>>>
>>>Mike D.
>>>85 CJ7
>>
>
>
#23
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Re: Steering column bearing
IANACertifiedAutoTechnician, so take any advice I offer with a grain of
salt. The top one in mine might not have needed replacing but I was in
the middle of a ground-up rebuild and thought "Do it now? Do it later?
Do it now? Do it, aww fark, do it now while it is apart." The bottom
bearing is exposed to a lot of road crap and of the three 1970s CJ's
I've hand my hands on the bottom bearing was shot and the ***** gone to
hell on all of them, with the plastic retainer doing all the work. On a
SWAG, if you can grab the steering shaft U-joint and wiggle the shaft in
the column tube I'd replace the bearing.
Greg wrote:
> What are the signs they need replacing? Ever since I got my 81 CJ 2 years
> ago, there is a rattle type feel while going down the road and over bumps,
> had all the steering from engine down checked 3 times, and they can't find
> anything, I never thought about it being in the column, but now that I think
> about it, when I drive it I feel like the if pushed on the steering column
> would move, but it doesn't, just that's what the rattle type vibration feels
> like while driving.
>
> "Lee Ayrton" <layrton@panix.com> wrote in message
> news:d5e1no$npq$1@reader1.panix.com...
>
>>Your local parts jobber would be a good start, it is an off-the-shelf GM
>>assembly. There's two sets of ball bearings and races, the one you're
>>talking about below the signal light switch and one at the bottom end of
>>the column tube held up with a plastic doughnut and wire C-clip. If
>>you're doing one...
>>
>>I replaced both of mine a couple of years ago, so they are readily
>>available.
>>
>>
>>Mike Duane Jr. wrote:
>>
>>>Hi Everyone, I replaced the steering column in my CJ with a factory tilt
>>>column but the shaft bearing just below the steering wheel is toast. ANy
>>>ideas where to get a replacement? I was thinking of trying to match up a
>>>sealed bearing as a replacement, any thoughts?
>>>
>>>Thanks!
>>>
>>>Mike D.
>>>85 CJ7
>>
>
>
#24
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Posts: n/a
Re: Steering column bearing
IANACertifiedAutoTechnician, so take any advice I offer with a grain of
salt. The top one in mine might not have needed replacing but I was in
the middle of a ground-up rebuild and thought "Do it now? Do it later?
Do it now? Do it, aww fark, do it now while it is apart." The bottom
bearing is exposed to a lot of road crap and of the three 1970s CJ's
I've hand my hands on the bottom bearing was shot and the ***** gone to
hell on all of them, with the plastic retainer doing all the work. On a
SWAG, if you can grab the steering shaft U-joint and wiggle the shaft in
the column tube I'd replace the bearing.
Greg wrote:
> What are the signs they need replacing? Ever since I got my 81 CJ 2 years
> ago, there is a rattle type feel while going down the road and over bumps,
> had all the steering from engine down checked 3 times, and they can't find
> anything, I never thought about it being in the column, but now that I think
> about it, when I drive it I feel like the if pushed on the steering column
> would move, but it doesn't, just that's what the rattle type vibration feels
> like while driving.
>
> "Lee Ayrton" <layrton@panix.com> wrote in message
> news:d5e1no$npq$1@reader1.panix.com...
>
>>Your local parts jobber would be a good start, it is an off-the-shelf GM
>>assembly. There's two sets of ball bearings and races, the one you're
>>talking about below the signal light switch and one at the bottom end of
>>the column tube held up with a plastic doughnut and wire C-clip. If
>>you're doing one...
>>
>>I replaced both of mine a couple of years ago, so they are readily
>>available.
>>
>>
>>Mike Duane Jr. wrote:
>>
>>>Hi Everyone, I replaced the steering column in my CJ with a factory tilt
>>>column but the shaft bearing just below the steering wheel is toast. ANy
>>>ideas where to get a replacement? I was thinking of trying to match up a
>>>sealed bearing as a replacement, any thoughts?
>>>
>>>Thanks!
>>>
>>>Mike D.
>>>85 CJ7
>>
>
>
#25
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Posts: n/a
Re: Steering column bearing
IANACertifiedAutoTechnician, so take any advice I offer with a grain of
salt. The top one in mine might not have needed replacing but I was in
the middle of a ground-up rebuild and thought "Do it now? Do it later?
Do it now? Do it, aww fark, do it now while it is apart." The bottom
bearing is exposed to a lot of road crap and of the three 1970s CJ's
I've hand my hands on the bottom bearing was shot and the ***** gone to
hell on all of them, with the plastic retainer doing all the work. On a
SWAG, if you can grab the steering shaft U-joint and wiggle the shaft in
the column tube I'd replace the bearing.
Greg wrote:
> What are the signs they need replacing? Ever since I got my 81 CJ 2 years
> ago, there is a rattle type feel while going down the road and over bumps,
> had all the steering from engine down checked 3 times, and they can't find
> anything, I never thought about it being in the column, but now that I think
> about it, when I drive it I feel like the if pushed on the steering column
> would move, but it doesn't, just that's what the rattle type vibration feels
> like while driving.
>
> "Lee Ayrton" <layrton@panix.com> wrote in message
> news:d5e1no$npq$1@reader1.panix.com...
>
>>Your local parts jobber would be a good start, it is an off-the-shelf GM
>>assembly. There's two sets of ball bearings and races, the one you're
>>talking about below the signal light switch and one at the bottom end of
>>the column tube held up with a plastic doughnut and wire C-clip. If
>>you're doing one...
>>
>>I replaced both of mine a couple of years ago, so they are readily
>>available.
>>
>>
>>Mike Duane Jr. wrote:
>>
>>>Hi Everyone, I replaced the steering column in my CJ with a factory tilt
>>>column but the shaft bearing just below the steering wheel is toast. ANy
>>>ideas where to get a replacement? I was thinking of trying to match up a
>>>sealed bearing as a replacement, any thoughts?
>>>
>>>Thanks!
>>>
>>>Mike D.
>>>85 CJ7
>>
>
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