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Slumlord
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Canada
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What Is This?
I removed the steering wheel from my 1984 Cabriolet today and found this little disintegrated piece(s).
What the heck is it and do I need to replace it? 
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08-18-2006, 12:35 PM
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Sultan of Sawzall
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Louisiana "Take me to 'da bridge"
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Looks like a piece of the old bushing/bearing. Buy the metal insert, tap it into place...(it will usually force the rest of the broken bearing out of the way)...Hmmmm, did you take the wheel off because of "sloppy feel"? There's your culprit. Cheap, easy fix. You'll thank yourself for it.
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Gruppe B #319 2 '86 911 Carrera coupes (red & white) '66 Corsa convertible 140/4(red) '66 Monza coupe 110/PG(white) '95 993 cabriolet (wife's) Last edited by rouxroux; 08-18-2006 at 02:46 PM.. |
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Could you put something in the picture to reference the size of the object? ...like a coin or your hand.
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Sultan of Sawzall
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I was thinking that might be the bottom of an envelope's cancellation stamp which made me think it was the bearing...(and the color)
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Gruppe B #319 2 '86 911 Carrera coupes (red & white) '66 Corsa convertible 140/4(red) '66 Monza coupe 110/PG(white) '95 993 cabriolet (wife's) Last edited by rouxroux; 08-18-2006 at 12:59 PM.. |
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I think roux has nailed it.
From this thread: Steering column bushing ordered...any tips? Here is a pic:  I'd read the whole thread. It's all yu'll ever need to know. 
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08-18-2006, 02:07 PM
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Slumlord
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Sorry, I trimmed the picture too much, it is sitting on a regular envelope, so I think the picture above is the same thing.
The steering is fine. I took the wheel off to do the standard 911 odometer gear replacement.
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08-18-2006, 03:21 PM
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Sultan of Sawzall
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If it IS part of the bushing, it will start getting sloppy pretty soon. Keep that socket handy.
You can still drive it until you get the metal sleeve.
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08-18-2006, 03:47 PM
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Semper drive!
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08-18-2006, 03:49 PM
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Slumlord
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I'll order one. Pelican can have a race with odometergears.com. We'll see who gets here first.
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08-18-2006, 04:09 PM
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