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When did you last check your steering coupling?

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Substituting the doughnut for a solid coupling in the steering I think is pretty common, at least I did that on the lower TR4 doughnut I had. The doughnut was old, but it wasn't the main problem - the clamp itself would not tighten down on the steering rack.
 
The only 2 modifications I did on my TR4A when restoring it were to use a TR6 metal coupling for the bottom rubber one(may have required the TR6 lower steering rod as well) and I used a TR6 front anti-sway bar and radiator shield (to get the mounting holes).

Scott
 
You haven't lived (or come close to no longer doing so) until at 70+, on an old 2 lanes-per-side freeway in the California Desert near Palm Springs the upper (only) one of those rubber Maltese Crosses has rotted, and fails, and the steering column drops out, and you've got a Playschool steering wheel spinning in front of you.

At that time you hope (and pray) the brakes pull straight, and wait for the slow left curve in the freeway to come up so you can drift off to the side......

1957 Jaguar MK1..........
 
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