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Mad Mac · 08-08-2018, 12:41 AM

I recently bought a new brass upper steering bush from Snyders for reconditioning my 7-tooth steering column. This is the bush on the shaft immediately above the worm. When comparing the new repro bush with two old original ones I find that (i) it is about 3mm shorter (ii) it has a much larger oil hole and (iii) there is no spiral grove inside the bush. So is there any reason not to use this bush?

denniskliesen · 08-08-2018, 02:32 AM

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I would guess it will be ok and Snyder most likely uses that bushing when they rebuild a steering box. There again if you look at Bratton's photo of their online description, they show the spiral groove and smaller hole. You could always give them a call or email and ask the dimensions of their bushing. When I rebuilt mine about a year ago the length of the bushing was the same as the old and I bought it from Snyder's.

08-08-2018, 12:41 AM	#1
Mad Mac Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: New Zealand Posts: 366	7-tooth steering bush I recently bought a new brass upper steering bush from Snyders for reconditioning my 7-tooth steering column. This is the bush on the shaft immediately above the worm. When comparing the new repro bush with two old original ones I find that (i) it is about 3mm shorter (ii) it has a much larger oil hole and (iii) there is no spiral grove inside the bush. So is there any reason not to use this bush?

08-08-2018, 02:32 AM	#2
denniskliesen Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2016 Location: SoCal Posts: 877	Re: 7-tooth steering bush Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) I would guess it will be ok and Snyder most likely uses that bushing when they rebuild a steering box. There again if you look at Bratton's photo of their online description, they show the spiral groove and smaller hole. You could always give them a call or email and ask the dimensions of their bushing. When I rebuilt mine about a year ago the length of the bushing was the same as the old and I bought it from Snyder's.