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Old 27-09-17, 20:38
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Originally Posted by Lynn Eades View Post
Andrew it has a felt seal . I hand cut a replacement, but it still leaks. I wonder if it should have been leather?
I didn't record the measurements. It's the worm seal behind the steering wheel.
It's held in by the steel washer- not the best set up I've ever seen.
Lynn,
according to the workshop manual it is a cork seal and that matches Bishop steering boxes on lorries of the period that I've worked on, where the sector shaft comes out of the casing.
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