1968 Barracuda Notch - Plano, TX
At flaming river they powder coated the floor mount; the collar that goes around the swivel joint is held on by three countersunk screws from the engine bay side. The screws are spaced 120 degrees apart. They had the swivel clocked 120 out so it wasn't sitting down correctly. Fixed that today.
Engineering tip: if you ever design such a piece make the third hole offset, that way it only bolts on one way... your assembler won't get it wrong!
One of the bolt holes on the aluminum steering wheel adapter stripped out as I was trying to thread in one of the bolts that hold the wheel on. Alec got to learn how to install a Heli-coil thread insert today and we put anti-sieze on the bolts. The slip shaft was fully compressed, so we took another 1" off the shaft for a total of 7-3/4" removed. The slip shaft now works as intended. Drilled the divots on the shaft for the U-joint set screws. Done for now.
A small, less than 1/8" gap exists around the swivel on the floor mount. After final assembly and everything is bolted down I will run a little bit of RTV black into that gap to seal the engine bay from the cabin.
At flaming river they powder coated the floor mount; the collar that goes around the swivel joint is held on by three countersunk screws from the engine bay side. The screws are spaced 120 degrees apart. They had the swivel clocked 120 out so it wasn't sitting down correctly. Fixed that today.
Engineering tip: if you ever design such a piece make the third hole offset, that way it only bolts on one way... your assembler won't get it wrong!
One of the bolt holes on the aluminum steering wheel adapter stripped out as I was trying to thread in one of the bolts that hold the wheel on. Alec got to learn how to install a Heli-coil thread insert today and we put anti-sieze on the bolts. The slip shaft was fully compressed, so we took another 1" off the shaft for a total of 7-3/4" removed. The slip shaft now works as intended. Drilled the divots on the shaft for the U-joint set screws. Done for now.
A small, less than 1/8" gap exists around the swivel on the floor mount. After final assembly and everything is bolted down I will run a little bit of RTV black into that gap to seal the engine bay from the cabin.
