weak shoulders

[Marshall V. Daut]

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"Wingski" -
Oh, yes! I now recall your manufacturing date from another thread. 'Sorry.
My guess is your car was made well into the two-tooth conversion period, so you probably have a two-tooth. As mentioned, I generally don't hear about stiff steering with seven-tooth boxes, just a lot of unadjustable play at the steering wheel. That your steering is stiff tells me you have an improperly adjusted two-tooth box. Either post a photo of the steering box or tell us if you see three nuts (there are actually four, but you can't see the bottom one) on the box side facing the fender. Also, is there a collar just above the steering box? You should be able to see two bolts w/nuts on the underside of the steering tube just above the steering box. This is a two-tooth unit.
If the steering box is devoid of any of these features and just has a zerk fitting on top, it's seven-tooth unit. It looks rather plain.
Marshall