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Fortress · 04-08-2011, 06:49 PM

The steering shaft on my merc moves around and so I took the wheel off and found this.

It slides over the shaft and presses into a bearing in the column. I had the wheel off once before and tapped it in place with a 3/4" piece of copper pipe, but after a month it popped back out.

Here is a few pictures of the column where the piece goes.

I checked macs and I can't find this little spacer. How is it supposed to be put in place? Any help on if something is missing or what I need to do to get this fixed would be appreciated.

Fortress · 04-08-2011, 08:18 PM

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Looks like I am missing the spring keeps the collar in place.

04-08-2011, 06:49 PM	#1
Fortress Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Southern MN Posts: 28	1952 Mercury steering column help The steering shaft on my merc moves around and so I took the wheel off and found this. It slides over the shaft and presses into a bearing in the column. I had the wheel off once before and tapped it in place with a 3/4" piece of copper pipe, but after a month it popped back out. Here is a few pictures of the column where the piece goes. I checked macs and I can't find this little spacer. How is it supposed to be put in place? Any help on if something is missing or what I need to do to get this fixed would be appreciated.

04-08-2011, 08:18 PM	#2
Fortress Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Southern MN Posts: 28	Re: 1952 Mercury steering column help Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Looks like I am missing the spring keeps the collar in place.