Part 2/4

below:: the steering system takes a tortuous route from the rack to the driver~ continued from part 2/3

who knows how to do it with a hammer, I used a different approach. This involved unbolting the new upper ball joint mounting plates. Anyone misguided enough to use the original joints will not be able to follow this strategy because these were welded to the wishbones. Either way it's still a bit of a wiggle and jiggle to get the inner and outer splines of the shafts into their respective places If you're not careful, you can pull the inner yoke from its seating enclosure, spewing needle bearings into the globs of grease which reside in the gaiter. It's then a time consuming job taking the shaft apart and reassembling everything again - as I learnt when dismantling the donor. Rack replaced Lastly, at least for this month, the steering rack was reinstalled and connected up to the new track rod ends. You will have now reached a stage when every nut and bolt at the front end should be tightened with methodical care This is an important discipline for safety's sake After all, the Hudson Kindred Spirit is not very far now from its first test drive - and when it goes, it flies... But that's where we rejoin the action in the concluding part of our tricycling trilogy

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