first task completed

Well, a week has passed since the collection from GBS, Christmas is fast approaching and I have been desperate to fit something to the chassis, nothing too onerous or challenging to start with and a spare couple of hours presented themselves this afternoon allowing me to make a start.

So....Steering column bush, looks relatively straightforward and a quick-ish job to do....

Simple task locate rubber grommet into the chassis steering column bracket and in turn insert a nylon collar followed by a further collar to provide a bush for the column to pass through into the engine bay and onto the steering shaft.

Reading other builds some grease/lubricant maybe needed to ease it all into position but it actually went together quite well, the nylon collar being teased into position with the help of a screwdriver easing the rubber grommet over it.

Test fitted the steering column and whilst the column goes into the bush it is not coming through cleanly on the other side which suggests to me the angle of the chassis bracket needs bending slightly towards the cockpit to allow the column to pass through, some reading on other blogs needed to confirm if that is the case.

25 January update - further research suggests the chassis bracket did need bending, duly bent with some brute force, steering column now comes through the bush absolutely fine