DivineE Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 Ok I've spent the best part of 4 hours on this simple looking task but I've come up with two questions.How much play are you supposed to have in the jiggle plate? I can wiggle it and make it twist about 1-2mm with my fingers?! Secondly how on earth do people get the spline joints back together?! They just dont seem to want to go further that half way! I cant get the force to push them together because of where they are!Any experience appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard B Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 Tap (gently) with a hammer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkuser Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 The pinch bolt has to be completely removed to get the splines to slide together.Hope I'm not teaching you to suck eggs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nang Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 Clean the splines with a wire brush and put a bit of grease on it.Just got to line them up and push. Takes a bit of patience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 you may need to release the column slide joint just below the inner column tube . to extend the lower column .Petewhat 'jiggle plate' ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DivineE Posted September 5, 2011 Author Share Posted September 5, 2011 Job done. I found I was using the wrong lubricant. Wd40 doesn't work, as soon as I took your advice and switched to grease it went on with a light tap. How do you adjust the column length though? I ended up grinding the mountney steering boss to make it all fit right as it was scraping the dash. All worked out ok now but would have been handy to know.For those attempting this job I would advise a ball joint seperator and grease would have reduced 5 hours to about 1.P.s. By the jiggle plate I mean the little disk in the uj that soaks up vibrations, but with the steering all back together and 4 wheel alignment done she feels fantastic so I'll assume it's about right :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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