Farrar's car blog

[Bitsyncmaster]

By the way.....I always thought a "half shaft" was on a car that had two shafts to drive the wheel. There were a lot of cars that one side had the half shaft and the other side did not.

[Farrar]

By the way.....I always thought a "half shaft" was on a car that had two shafts to drive the wheel. There were a lot of cars that one side had the half shaft and the other side did not.

Yeah, sorry -- now that I've had my coffee I realize I should have said "axle" not "half shaft." DOH!

[sean]

Yeah, sorry -- now that I've had my coffee I realize I should have said "axle" not "half shaft." DOH!

I figured as much, I've come to chalk up confusing Farrar posts to "Pre-coffee" posts.

[stevedmc]

So this is a regular maintenance item? I have put fewer than ten thousand miles on my car since we did those seals on mine.

I have a feeling I might have installed it crooked. Regardless, I heard from someone in Georgia that Hervey's double lip seals are the best.

When I get around to it, budget permitting, I will order a new seal from Hervey.

Farrar...Im really ecstatic for your response on this mod. Let me know how it works out and what all I would need to order.

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That bracket idea looks awesome. I want one! (budget permitting)

[Farrar]

That bracket idea looks awesome. I want one! (budget permitting)

If you want it in stainless steel, the threaded rod joint ends and coupler from McMaster will cost you about $40. You will also need two hex nuts to lock the coupler into place -- one right-hand-threaded and one left-hand-threaded.

[Farrar]

In other news, I am tired of futzing with steering column bushings. It looks like in this climate those things simply don't last very long. If I am going to replace it every few months, then I want an easier way of changing it out. I have another mounting plan in mind but will have to wait until I have a bushing in hand to take precise measurements of it, so I am adding that to my DeLorean Shopping List.

[stevedmc]

In other news, I am tired of futzing with steering column bushings. It looks like in this climate those things simply don't last very long. If I am going to replace it every few months, then I want an easier way of changing it out. I have another mounting plan in mind but will have to wait until I have a bushing in hand to take precise measurements of it, so I am adding that to my DeLorean Shopping List.

So far my bushing is holding up fine with the RTV. Maybe you should take the steering column out and install it like I did.

[Bitsyncmaster]

If you want it in stainless steel, the threaded rod joint ends and coupler from McMaster will cost you about $40. You will also need two hex nuts to lock the coupler into place -- one right-hand-threaded and one left-hand-threaded.

I've been thinking about that. You could just have one rod end bearing not threaded. So drill out the threads on the shaft. Then it would just be bottomed out.

Just say this because I know I have some rod end bearing from my airplane building days.

[jawn101]

In other news, I am tired of futzing with steering column bushings. It looks like in this climate those things simply don't last very long. If I am going to replace it every few months, then I want an easier way of changing it out. I have another mounting plan in mind but will have to wait until I have a bushing in hand to take precise measurements of it, so I am adding that to my DeLorean Shopping List.

Get the Delrin one from DPNW, it will outlast the rest of the car I was on the fence about it but after having installed it I can say it's an excellent quality part and there really aren't any drawbacks besides being somewhat difficult to install. You'll have to take the column out and use some mechanical force to snap it in (I used a threaded rod, 24mm deepwell socket, 2 nuts, some fender washers and vice grips) but after that you'll never fiddle with another bushing.

[Farrar]

Get the Delrin one from DPNW, it will outlast the rest of the car

I was told that Houston's would last a year, but after two months it was in pieces. I think the climate and roads here are very hard on that bushing.