<VV> VirtualVairs Digest, Vol 173, Issue 9

Mon Jun 10 23:14:57 EDT 2019

Mike Kovacs,Someone may have already answered your question, but my suggestion is to disconnect the Pittman arm from the steering linkage to see if the friction/noise is coming from the box or the linkage, ball joints, idler arm or elsewhere.  I've had bad steering boxes before, but never one that froze up.  I have seen a broken sterting shaft that was binding above the box at the coupling.  But I'd bet the linkage/suspension is binding.
Bob Hall

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Today's Topics:

  1. Re: Fwd: New fuel lines in engine bay (Steven J. Serenska)
  2. creaky steering box (Michael Kovacs)
  3. Re: Fwd: New fuel lines in engine bay (Hugo Miller)

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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2019 15:41:16 -0400
From: "Steven J. Serenska" <corvair at serenska.com>
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Cc: ralphsebrell at aol.com, Frank DuVal <corvairduval at cox.net>
Subject: Re: <VV> Fwd: New fuel lines in engine bay
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> I decided that since several of the line nuts were boogered up that I would just buy new lines with the nuts from Clarks.?I know that I should be able to spin on all the nuts most of the way by hand,Now, question is, when it comes time to wrench on them, how tight is too tight??BTW??I have the proper wrenches.?

Ralph:

One thing you don't want to do is over tighten them.? I did that once 
and I managed to cause the flared end of the line to crack underneath 
the nut.?? The crisp smell of fresh gasoline flooding the engine 
compartment gets your attention like nothing else...

I would concur with Frank D: "one good grunt".? I.e., tighten it by hand 
and then something like a quarter turn after that with the wrench.?? I'm 
interested to hear others' thoughts on this.

Also: You didn't say whether this is for a 95/110 or a 140, but the 
shorter line pieces from Clark's are relatively cheap.? I happened to 
have one of the little "L" pieces fail (Clarks C2341) so I bought an 
extra when I ordered the replacement. I keep it in glove compartment 
just so I won't get stranded again.

Steven J. Serenska
Bristol, RI
'65 Monza Convertible, 110/4
'66 Corsa Coupe, 140/4, extra Clark's C2341 in the glovebox

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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2019 19:52:11 +0000 (UTC)
From: Michael Kovacs <kovacsmj at yahoo.com>
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Subject: <VV> creaky steering box
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'66 monza in good condition 135,000 miles, original steering box. It started to creak and with the front jacked up I cannot push the tries left or right. The box is full of grease.  front end fully lubed Too much &^%$@++ friction. Does anybody have a cure? 

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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2019 23:28:26 +0100
From: Hugo Miller <hugo at aruncoaches.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: <VV> Fwd: New fuel lines in engine bay
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They should only be nipped up lightly in order to seal.

On 2019-06-04 20:41, Steven J. Serenska via VirtualVairs wrote:
>> I decided that since several of the line nuts were boogered up that 
>> I would just buy new lines with the nuts from Clarks.?I know that I 
>> should be able to spin on all the nuts most of the way by hand,Now, 
>> question is, when it comes time to wrench on them, how tight is too 
>> tight??BTW??I have the proper wrenches.?
>
> Ralph:
>
> One thing you don't want to do is over tighten them.? I did that once
> and I managed to cause the flared end of the line to crack underneath
> the nut.?? The crisp smell of fresh gasoline flooding the engine
> compartment gets your attention like nothing else...
>
> I would concur with Frank D: "one good grunt".? I.e., tighten it by
> hand and then something like a quarter turn after that with the
> wrench.?? I'm interested to hear others' thoughts on this.
>
> Also: You didn't say whether this is for a 95/110 or a 140, but the
> shorter line pieces from Clark's are relatively cheap.? I happened to
> have one of the little "L" pieces fail (Clarks C2341) so I bought an
> extra when I ordered the replacement. I keep it in glove compartment
> just so I won't get stranded again.
>
> Steven J. Serenska
> Bristol, RI
> '65 Monza Convertible, 110/4
> '66 Corsa Coupe, 140/4, extra Clark's C2341 in the glovebox
>
>
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