Steering Gear

[stooy]

How many people have suffered from excessive play in the steering box and how did you fix it?

In my steering box the end of the shaft in the bottom of the box where it runs on the balls was pitted and damaged so we ground the end of the shaft till it was a nice push fit in an angular contact bearing we put in there insted of the loose balls. My box is the burmen brand.

[madmark]

stooy the burman box is heavy duty and normaly found in diesel vans! they are normaly filled with oil not greese! am i write?? my mk1 is very strange on the steering it has a mind of its own!

[stooy]

Yes and no mark, my van is not diesel its the austrailian factory 6 cylinder petrol (115 bus), but you are right in saying it has oil not greese.