2008 at the Hammond Barn

[Phil Waterman]

Originally Posted by RHClarke

Phil, ..... I have to reassemble my steering and have one mystery to solve - there was a gasket/shim between the steering wheel mount on the frame and the steering box - it got blown away by the overzealous sandblast maniac (me) a few years ago. I also found some horseshoe shaped metal shims when I removed the steering box. have a remnant of the gasket/shim that looks like stiff gasket material, but is as thick as two sheets of standard paper. Did you crack open your steering box or remove it from the frame? If so, was there a gasket or shim? Any guesses on the material of the gasket and dimensions?

I am guessing the shim provided fine alignment/adjustment and the metal horseshoes general alignment.

Anyone out there who can determine the composition of the shim material and recommend replacement material?

I encountered shim material on both the Pattern 13 C60S and Pattern 12 C60L never have had the box out of my HUP. Now someplace I have seen something about steering box alignment being a issue with CMPs I'll have to look for the info. Can't remember if it was in manual or service bulletin.

If I remember correctly on the C60S I had very carefully saved the shims but when I installed the body and then the steering box there was binding with the shims and not without so I left them out.