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#605124 - 09/02/09 10:46 PM austin Healey 3000 steering box
ncitizen Offline
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Registered: 05/24/09
Posts: 4
Loc: MA USA
Does anyone know where I can find the tool that takes off the cover of the pin and roller bearings inside the later Healey 3000 steering box. I need to replace the roller bearings and the cover seems jammed on. I expect the tool is a bar with two pins the stick out that engage to two holes in the cover. none of my work shop manuals give any info on the later steering box.

Norm

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#605130 - 09/02/09 11:40 PM Re: austin Healey 3000 steering box [Re: ncitizen]
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Registered: 05/15/07
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circlip pliers sounds like what you want. Any autoparts store, Sears. Long needlenose pliers can do in a pinch. I assume you are talking about the cover of the adjusting pin. But there is no need to pull the pin apart. Just lift the pin out. As for the ball cage, after removing the pin, once the rocker shaft is removed and the end cover, it all slides out.
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#605185 - 09/03/09 09:16 AM Re: austin Healey 3000 steering box [Re: Andy65]
Randy Forbes Offline
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Registered: 02/16/03
Posts: 1796
Loc: Ohio
Here's an early 100/6 steering box (flat top cover) getting a new seal.











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#605418 - 09/03/09 10:35 PM Re: austin Healey 3000 steering box [Re: Andy65]
ncitizen Offline
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Registered: 05/24/09
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Cir clip pliers were to flimsy. I finely made the tool out of bar stock by drilling two 1/4 inch holes spaced just over 3/4 of an inch apart then inserting two 1/4 bolts down through the holes. Two nuts held the bolts tight but the bolts protruded past the nuts just enough to engage the roller pin cover. Several sharp taps with a hammer and the cover came loose. I was then able to replace the pin and the rollers. Thanks
Norm

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#605429 - 09/03/09 11:12 PM Re: austin Healey 3000 steering box [Re: ncitizen]
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Registered: 04/19/04
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For benefit of others. Andy65 told you how to do it easy. only if you want to replace a complete pin bearing assembly is the cap required to be removed . The pin and bearings can be extracted out the bottom and replaced with new.--Keoke
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#607667 - 09/12/09 10:33 AM Re: austin Healey 3000 steering box [Re: Randy Forbes]
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Registered: 09/24/05
Posts: 93
Loc: Arizona
Randy, how are the belleview washers supposed to be positioned,back to back I know that there are six of them, this steering gear was apart when I got it thanks,

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#607796 - 09/12/09 05:42 PM Re: austin Healey 3000 steering box [Re: stinky60]
Randy Forbes Offline
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Registered: 02/16/03
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Loc: Ohio
Originally Posted By: stinky60
Randy, how are the belleview washers supposed to be positioned,back to back I know that there are six of them, this steering gear was apart when I got it thanks,
()()() Got it?
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01 BMW M Rdstr Steel Gray
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#607887 - 09/13/09 05:21 AM Re: austin Healey 3000 steering box [Re: Randy Forbes]
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Registered: 09/24/05
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Loc: Arizona
thanks, Randy

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