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Discussion => The No Wake Zone => Topic started by: Squirrel Master on April 08, 2014, 07:52:17 PM

Title: who could tell me if this will fit
Post by: Squirrel Master on April 08, 2014, 07:52:17 PM

will this wheel fit on rack n pinion can someone eyeball this

Title: Re: who could tell me if this will fit
Post by: Ralph Brunt on April 08, 2014, 07:58:08 PM

i have the same wheel on a rack system, i dont remember the hub though :banghead:

Title: Re: who could tell me if this will fit
Post by: Squirrel Master on April 08, 2014, 08:02:50 PM

thanks Ralph im going to pull the trigger on it 50$

Title: Re: who could tell me if this will fit
Post by: 74hondo on April 08, 2014, 08:26:51 PM

If you need a keyway or whatever it's called for it napa has them in stock. Mine was like 70 cents

Title: Re: who could tell me if this will fit
Post by: Squirrel Master on April 08, 2014, 08:31:52 PM

Quote from: 74hondo on April 08, 2014, 08:26:51 PM

If you need a keyway or whatever it's called for it napa has them in stock. Mine was like 70 cents

for what how does it fit where does it go.. whos on first lol

Title: Re: who could tell me if this will fit
Post by: Ralph Brunt on April 08, 2014, 08:36:38 PM

Quote from: Squirrel Master on April 08, 2014, 08:02:50 PM

thanks Ralph im going to pull the trigger on it 50$

thats a good deal :thumbup:

Title: Re: who could tell me if this will fit
Post by: 74hondo on April 08, 2014, 08:50:49 PM

It goes in the slot of the steering shaft and you slide the hub of it into the slot. You will have to take the cao off of the steering wheel so you can put the shaft nut on too.

Title: Re: who could tell me if this will fit
Post by: 74hondo on April 08, 2014, 08:51:27 PM

Cap*

Title: Re: who could tell me if this will fit
Post by: lbhsbz on April 08, 2014, 09:34:14 PM

Quick tip:  wrap some Teflon plumbing tape around the rack shaft taper before you install the wheel, and you won't need a puller to remove it next time

Title: Re: who could tell me if this will fit
Post by: GT Jets on April 08, 2014, 10:26:41 PM

The "proper" way to do it is to use valve lapping compound on the shaft (just a dab will do you) and lap the taper in without the key. Take it off and clean it well (I use WD-40) then install the key (called a Woodruff key) and put a small amount of extreme pressure grease on the shaft before installing and torque the nut to about 35-40 ft.lbs.

Done this literally hundreds of times.

If the steering wheel and the shaft were new, I would not worry about the lapping it in, but since they are not.... DO IT.. These can work loose and system failure can result.

GT

Title: Re: who could tell me if this will fit
Post by: GT Jets on April 08, 2014, 10:32:57 PM

I don't care too much for the Teflon idea, though I can see where that would work. If it is lapped in and greased upon install, you just cross slap the wheel and it will pop off.. Cross slapping is hitting one side down and one side up simultaneously. Sometimes you need to hit them three or four times, reversing the direction of the hit each time...

You want a good tight contact with the taper. Keep in mind, I am from the 100+mph world and take things like steering pretty seriously. Had a tiller arm shatter at over 80 MPH going down river in the 90's in Oregon... Over the river and through the woods, never got to grandma's house. Scared the living crap out of me, all because of a poorly fitting woodruff key in the tiller pin.  :thumbdown: :thumbdown:

Title: Re: who could tell me if this will fit
Post by: 74hondo on April 09, 2014, 02:12:42 AM

Woodruff key, good shit. I couldn't remember what it was called. Was a pain finding it originally but Napa had a ton and I think the local Grainger too.