From: Douglas Greville (dgrev@iinet.net.au)
Date: Tue Jun 15 2004 - 18:21:37 PDT
Joe
> Good evening all.
Or good morning for us Aussies.........
> I am "reconditioning" my steering column on my scout car and have a question
> for those who might have an answer. The main shaft appears to be hollow. I
> have never seen a steering column shaft that was hollow. Is it hollow for a
> good reason or can I slide a proper size bolt into the void, weld it out and
> put a nut on the bolt to hold the wheel on? Or would that cover up some
> part down inside I will need to get back too? The threads on the shaft are
> eat up and I just don't trust them. It's not enough metal there to retread.
In most vehicles the hollow shaft is for the horn wire. Don't know about
the Scout Car.
Regards
Doug
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