re steering tire questions bish on tires i found bf goodrich makes a good radial with the right size white wall you can go with or to be a close replacement size
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1962 Steering/tire questions
steering tire questions carl rose hello yall i have a friend who has purchased a car he needs to rebuild the steering box a gentleman in houston offered to remove the column and rebuild the box for about an alternative is the corvette steering service in sc who rebuilds the box for about with shafts however one must remove the box first my friend is not very mechanically inclined and is reluctant to pull the column himself does anyone have experience with this is removal of the column difficult which course would you reccomend should he remove the serial number plate beforehand is this a convienent time to perform any other jobs replace any other parts he is replacing the reproduction bias ply tires with radials which would you suggest i saw the earlier posting but uses small whitewall tires trying to keep the original appearance and size but improve driving characteristics are the tires removed correct for cars also i have no experience with the early solid axle cars so unfortunately cannot answer many of these questions and i have moved to a different city so can only offer verbal assistance i am posting for him ncrs member but not on this board any thoughts thanks carl -
Re: 1962 Steering/tire questions
re steering tire questions j grantham suggest your friend gets a copy of corvette servicing guide st and reviews the steps for column removal it's a medium degree of difficulty job and could take at least hours to get out and hours to reinstall there are some instructions on how to center the column on top center and get everything aligned with the dash etc the main concern is damaging the body paint be careful it is a good time to inspect the drag link and replace the seals on it if needed also he will have the turn signal switch and mechanism exposed while the steering wheel is off clean and lube this too there are sector and bearing kits availible for the box but if the shaft worm gear is worn i would suggest that a non mechanically inclined person send it out for rebuild i is worth tearing into to see what is wrong before sending it out i am running firestone radials on my car size r the whitewall was the right size and they are fineComment
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