New Guy with a 69 Charger Steering Column Question.

[riffraff1956]

Hello,
I am in the process of rebuilding the steering column in my 69 charger, sounds silly but does the tube with the spring on it have a slight bend in it. Mine does and I am just trying to figure out if that is the way it is supposed to be. any help would be great. This is my wife's car and I am new to Mopars, My thing is Old 50's trucks.

Thanks,
Kyle

[tan top]

 hello & welcome     mine was straight  from what i can remember !!  but what i can remember !   the outer  tube / main part / had a slight bend to it      &     was previously unrestored 63 thousand mile car , & never been in a wreck  ,    

how much of a bend ?? providing the  tube dont touch the inner shaft &  thats not bent either ??  

[riffraff1956]

Cool, We bought the car about two years ago, and have been rebuilding the car after finding several things that were rigged and not done properly when built. The tube that the steering shaft goes in has a lot of rust and critters inside so I am assuming that the column came out of a junk yard. Don't know if there was any front end damage. It seemed to work fine other than the lower bearings are froze up, and the uppers were dirty and grinding.

[riffraff1956]

hello & welcome     mine was straight  from what i can remember !!  but what i can remember !   the outer  tube / main part / had a slight bend to it      &     was previously unrestored 63 thousand mile car , & never been in a wreck  ,    

how much of a bend ?? providing the  tube dont touch the inner shaft &  thats not bent either ??  

There is not that much of a bend, just slightly. I noticed it when I was taking the rust off and as I turned it, I could see it was off just a bit. My big thing is that I want to make sure the car is safe after all the other things wrong I have found and fixed because my wife and kids wil be in this one.

[tan top]

what about the nylon sheer pins in the in the actual shaft &  the inner tube  are they intact ? or loose / starting to crack ??   , have you any pictures

[riffraff1956]

what about the nylon sheer pins in the in the actual shaft &  the inner tube  are they intact ? or loose / starting to crack ??   , have you any pictures

They look o.k. One looks like it broken. I will post a pic here in a bit.

[twodko]

Welcome to the site! Great folks here and a virtual fount of tech know-how. Love to see a pix of your 69 and that sweet Ford PU in your avatar too.  

[riffraff1956]

what about the nylon sheer pins in the in the actual shaft &  the inner tube  are they intact ? or loose / starting to crack ??   , have you any pictures

They look o.k. One looks like it broken. I will post a pic here in a bit.

Its not to bad, I might be able to straghten it, just not sure if its supposed to be that way.

[riffraff1956]

Welcome to the site! Great folks here and a virtual font of tech know-how. Love to see a pix of your 69 and that sweet Ford PU in your avatar too. 

Here is a link to my other thread with pix of the truck as well.

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,81360.0.html

Kyle

[riffraff1956]

I started a thread in the interior's thread, but see that this might be the place to get some more input.

Here is a link to that thread.
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,81358.0.html

Thanks,
Kyle

[tan top]

hmmm , think if it worked ok like i mentioned before with no rubbing on the shaft inside &  the sheer pins don't feel loose , think i would run it !  what is the actual  steering shaft like ?  

would not put too much heat  in it depending how your going to remove the rust  , as it might destroy the sheer pins ,  there is a thread some where on here about replacing them  ,  not something i have had to do so can't really advise you should you need to fix that problem , but  thinking some epoxy glue  or windshield glue pumped in may be