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Sheen, You may be right there. Sounds like it could be a bent subframe. How does the front sheet metal fit? You might try a shim (i.e. large flat washer) on top of the rear subframe mounts, it should pivot the front of the subframe up a little. Not too many options to correct the problem you're having, although I might not worry too much about it if you can it close. The rag is designed to flex some to accomodate a "little" misalignmet. Lee, 69 Firebird conv. > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected]> Subject: RE: > [FGF] Steering Column Alignment> Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 03:40:02 +0000> > The > pics are with jackstands under the rear axle and subframe just behind the > forward body mount. I jacked up the car at the subframe cross member to see > how much that would effect it. It improved the top pin alignment by about > 1/8" at best. Considering my old rag joint was worn funny and both upper and > lower column bearings were trashed, I'm beginning to suspect that it was > never aligned right. This may be from a front end collision, i.e. mildly bent > subframe. I know from the body work that I redid that it's taken a good nose > bump. I'm surprised that there's no adjustment in the angle you can set the > steering box. I guess I could elongate the mounting holes but that doesn't > seem like a good idea. _________________________________________________________________ Climb to the top of the charts! Play the word scramble challenge with star power. http://club.live.com/star_shuffle.aspx?icid=starshuffle_wlmailtextlink_jan ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Submissions to Firebird-L: <[email protected]> Unsubscribe from Firebird-L: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Help: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/firebird/Firebird-L.html> Classifieds: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/ubb/> Owner Pictures: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/show/> Donations: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/store/cart.mv?999999> FGF Merchandise: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/store>
