22-02-2021, 09:54 AM
Hi Oxford Jack,
Thank you for your kind comment and I will try and answer your questions in order.
The needle roller sets came from Simply Bearings and are standard imperial sizes that suit the required i.d & o.d.
Steel washers used with needles. They come as sets. I felt there could be rapid wear on the bronze if not.
From memory the ring at the top of the worm was retained.
Again from memory I think I disguarded the thrust washer below the worm but you could use the same bearing thrust washers if you needed to shim up. These can be bought individually from SB.
I did not need to retain the stator tubes so could close off the end which allowed me to support the worm at both ends and not just the column base. Leather washer was retained at column head.
No issues with fitting and adjusting the outer column.
Hope this helps and good luck.
Paul N-M
Thank you for your kind comment and I will try and answer your questions in order.
The needle roller sets came from Simply Bearings and are standard imperial sizes that suit the required i.d & o.d.
Steel washers used with needles. They come as sets. I felt there could be rapid wear on the bronze if not.
From memory the ring at the top of the worm was retained.
Again from memory I think I disguarded the thrust washer below the worm but you could use the same bearing thrust washers if you needed to shim up. These can be bought individually from SB.
I did not need to retain the stator tubes so could close off the end which allowed me to support the worm at both ends and not just the column base. Leather washer was retained at column head.
No issues with fitting and adjusting the outer column.
Hope this helps and good luck.
Paul N-M