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MG MG Y Type - Steering Collumn


Preparing one of my two Steering Collumns for re-chroming, I realized that they where of different lenght. Could it be that YTs and YAs/YBs had different lenghts ones?
Checking LET THERE BE Ys did not give a clue either. However, on page 35 the author shows a photograph and mentions "sometimes unsightly gaps can be seen after a a restauration" - could this be that non original steering collumns had been used?
The below mentioned collumns both come out of YTs - but which is of the correct lenght:
Version A: 2'2 1/2" (26 1/2") = 672 mm
Version B: 2'3 3/4" (27 3/4") = 705 mm
Both steering-units are of the latter type, alas consisting of two halve sleeves, as referred to in the Y-Bible on pages 36 to 38.

Anton
Anton Piller

You are correct Anton, YT have different length column to that in YA. It is my understanding that the longer fits the YT & the shorter the YA. The same applies to the sleeve.

The gap problem usually stems from the position of the slip ring inner collar on the shaft - if the locating lug is broken off it is easy to fit it too far down the shaft, and then the outer and sleeve follows - leaving a gap at the top.
Tony Slattery

DEear Tony

Thank you for your answere to my request. Unfortunately, I could not reply earlier, since whenever I tried to open the Bulletin Board the computer would labour for a long time, without any results. I then sent an e-mail to Paul Barrow, the webmaster - who apparently solved the problem.
Is there an explenation to your suggestion that the YT has the shorter version collumn? I actually am under the impression that the shorter one belongs to the YT: At least, when I stripped my verty original, inital YT, some 20 years ago, I marked the short version as comming out of the YT....

Best
Anton
Anton Piller

This thread was discussed between 09/05/2007 and 14/05/2007

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