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Steering Box bushing clearance

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BoyRacer

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Steering box is out of the car, disassembled it and everything looks really good. However, there is about .0025 clearance between the rocker shaft and the bushing. No leaks now but this clearance seems a bit excessive. No specs in the factory manual. Any thoughts out there on the proper clearance.
 
BoyRacer said:
Steering box is out of the car, disassembled it and everything looks really good. However, there is about .0025 clearance between the rocker shaft and the bushing. No leaks now but this clearance seems a bit excessive. No specs in the factory manual. Any thoughts out there on the proper clearance.
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inset mine up like I did my kingpins.
 
I used a clearance of 0.003"
 
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