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       #Post#: 4740--------------------------------------------------
       series three steering box round disc thing
   DIR By: glt
       Date: January 15, 2012, 1:24 pm
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       hi folks
       iam rebuilding the steering as part of my chassis swap. ive
       droped the steering box back into the chassis and was about to
       re-fit the round disc that fits onto the bottom .that is secured
       by 4 bolts into the chassis when i noticed that the holes for
       the bolts have not had the threads cut in the new chassis to
       acomidate the four bolts . this got me thinking as to what this
       round disc with 4 bolts to secure it is for as the steering box
       is secured by two bolts into the chassis at the top .so iam
       thinking is this just to stop muck getting up between the
       steering box and the chassis or is there some other more
       imporant reason
       any thought much appreciated.
       gareth
       #Post#: 4743--------------------------------------------------
       Re: series three steering box round disc thing
   DIR By: mistericeman
       Date: January 15, 2012, 1:29 pm
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       IF by steering box you mean the idler/Relay
       THEN ....It's there to stop the bottom of the steering
       IDLER/RELAY from slapping about in the chassis as you drive
       along,You get a fair amount of torque and bump steer through the
       relay and thus it needs to be located firmly .
       #Post#: 4746--------------------------------------------------
       Re: series three steering box round disc thing
   DIR By: glt
       Date: January 15, 2012, 1:36 pm
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       relay ... thats the thing  :-[
       best i cut some threads and bolt the disc into place then .
       cheers
       #Post#: 4991--------------------------------------------------
       Re: series three steering box round disc thing
   DIR By: Lucy
       Date: January 16, 2012, 6:30 am
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       What Ian said. THere's a lot of play in the two bolts on top of
       the chassis that allows the relay to wobble about making the
       steering more vague than normal. the ring centres the relay and
       holds it all nice and secure.
       #Post#: 5010--------------------------------------------------
       Re: series three steering box round disc thing
   DIR By: RMS
       Date: January 16, 2012, 7:55 am
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       Yep, make a BIG difference if the bottom of the relay is not
       tight; even a tiny movement there makes the steering vague  ::)
       Oh, and if the retaining ring isn't really tight on the relay,
       the old-timer's trick of snotting 3 or 4 blobs of weld on the
       inside of the ring works a treat  ;D
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