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Posted by: dale 914 Jun 28 2008, 10:28 AM

All,
I am sure you have seen this before. I just bought my first 914 a couple of weeks ago, so I am still in the dark!
Anyway, the steering wheel had lots of movement in it. After researching it, I bought one of the metal bushings and installed it, pretty easy. Well, that eliminated about 70% of the movement, how do I eliminate the last 30%? It seems that that the bushing was not "thick" enough. I believe all of the movement still resides at the steering wheel itself rather than further down the column.
Thoughts?
Thanks
Dale

Posted by: ericread Jun 28 2008, 12:43 PM

I had the same problem. You probably need to remove the steering column and replace the entire upper bearing. I found that the sleeve didn't provide enough play reduction for me, and upon dissassembly, founnd the old bearing to be shot.

When I replaced the bearing, I still noticed some play between the outside of the bearing and the steering wheel race. I tightened that up by using a few mils of aluminum foil as a shim between the race and the outside of the bearing. That snigged it up nicely.

Good luck, and enjoy your teener.

Eric Read

Posted by: dale 914 Jun 28 2008, 01:11 PM

QUOTE(ericread @ Jun 28 2008, 11:43 AM)

I had the same problem. You probably need to remove the steering column and replace the entire upper bearing. I found that the sleeve didn't provide enough play reduction for me, and upon dissassembly, founnd the old bearing to be shot.

When I replaced the bearing, I still noticed some play between the outside of the bearing and the steering wheel race. I tightened that up by using a few mils of aluminum foil as a shim between the race and the outside of the bearing. That snigged it up nicely.

Good luck, and enjoy your teener.

Eric Read