Crossmember - Steering rack problem
Le Mans Master
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From: Blue Ridge Georgia
It's on the edge of this picture. Too bad I didn't take a picture from the other side of the car. These pics were taken of Bill C's method to hold the balancer when installing the balancer. You can kind of see the pressed collar.
Melting Slicks
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From: Near Jacksonville Fl.
That hole is oval from the factory. There is a rubber bushing with a sleeve inside it on the passenger side of the rack. The bolt crushes the aluminum ears down onto that thin sleeve which means you have to spread the ears a bit to get the sleeve loose.
The drivers side is a solid bushing with a round hole that locates the rack side to side. The solid bushing has a nice wide smooth surface for the bolt to squeeze the ears down onto so it doesn't bind when you take it apart.
At this point I've got to wonder if he actually does work like this on Corvettes???
Good luck, I wouldn't ever go back to a "Corvette Shop" that doesn't know this stuff.
Peter
The drivers side is a solid bushing with a round hole that locates the rack side to side. The solid bushing has a nice wide smooth surface for the bolt to squeeze the ears down onto so it doesn't bind when you take it apart.
At this point I've got to wonder if he actually does work like this on Corvettes???
Good luck, I wouldn't ever go back to a "Corvette Shop" that doesn't know this stuff.
Peter
My 98 has the slotted hole on the passanger side!
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The latest part of my saga is that I went back the next morning and the shop chose not to work on my car. It was reassembled and given back to me, of course at no charge.
I'm still not sure what the episode was about but I feel fortunate to have gotten the information I needed as quickly as I did by knowledgeable and helpful people on this forum and gotten out from under a potentially expensive situation.
I want to thank Peter 'Lionelhutz', Bill Curlee, Mike Cratecruncher, Paul 75 L82 and particularly Mike 'Lucky131969', who happens to be a lot nicer than his posts
Honestly and seriously, a separate, individual donation to St. Jude Children's Hospital was made in your honor using each of your first and screen name. Hopefully more people who have been helped on CF will give something back. Thanks guys.
I'm still not sure what the episode was about but I feel fortunate to have gotten the information I needed as quickly as I did by knowledgeable and helpful people on this forum and gotten out from under a potentially expensive situation.
I want to thank Peter 'Lionelhutz', Bill Curlee, Mike Cratecruncher, Paul 75 L82 and particularly Mike 'Lucky131969', who happens to be a lot nicer than his posts
Honestly and seriously, a separate, individual donation to St. Jude Children's Hospital was made in your honor using each of your first and screen name. Hopefully more people who have been helped on CF will give something back. Thanks guys.
Last edited by Florida99; Feb 25, 2011 at 04:27 PM.
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Thank you for the donation.
I hope you find someone to fix your car right. It is odd to see the variations in these crossmember holes for what appears to have been the same part during the production run.
Peter
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The latest part of my saga is that I went back the next morning and the shop chose not to work on my car. It was reassembled and given back to me, of course at no charge.
I'm still not sure what the episode was about but I feel fortunate to have gotten the information I needed as quickly as I did by knowledgeable and helpful people on this forum and gotten out from under a potentially expensive situation.
I want to thank Peter 'Lionelhutz', Bill Curlee, Mike Cratecruncher, Paul 75 L82 and particularly Mike 'Lucky131969', who happens to be a lot nicer than his posts
Honestly and seriously, a separate, individual donation to St. Jude Children's Hospital was made in your honor using each of your first and screen name. Hopefully more people who have been helped on CF will give something back. Thanks guys.
I'm still not sure what the episode was about but I feel fortunate to have gotten the information I needed as quickly as I did by knowledgeable and helpful people on this forum and gotten out from under a potentially expensive situation.
I want to thank Peter 'Lionelhutz', Bill Curlee, Mike Cratecruncher, Paul 75 L82 and particularly Mike 'Lucky131969', who happens to be a lot nicer than his posts
Honestly and seriously, a separate, individual donation to St. Jude Children's Hospital was made in your honor using each of your first and screen name. Hopefully more people who have been helped on CF will give something back. Thanks guys.
