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Subject:Re: Steering. Re: P 48.14 Measurement "a"
From:Rocket J Squirrel
Date:Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:31:16 -0800

Can no one help this man? I recall staring at that picture in the
manual, trying to understand that measurement.

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Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
Bend, Ore.

On 01/30/2013 06:40 PM, neil n wrote:
> Hi all.
>
> Had the dash off and am re-securing the steering column.  (1981, manual
> steering)
>
> P 48.14 in Bentley specifies a measurement for gap "a".
>
> By "a", do they mean the gap between the upper and lower parts of the
> steering column at the rubber bushings?
>
> image of where I mean:
>
> https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4jJNFsTX79U/Sj0oI1TCuBI/AAAAAAAAAmc/Ow1p0C4wnVk/s720/SteeringBushingClearance.jpg
>
> Thanks,
>
> Neil.
>
> --
> Neil n
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