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General Information => Upgrades (non engine related ) => Topic started by: dankcorey22 on August 20, 2011, 07:24:59 pm

Title: Steering bearing or something w/ pics
Post by: dankcorey22 on August 20, 2011, 07:24:59 pm: Can someone tell me the part number or where to get this... its worn out. i can shake the steering wheel. it looks like a bearing or such.
its right under the dash.

(http://i671.photobucket.com/albums/vv74/dankcorey22/IMG_20110718_152126.jpg)
Title: Re: Steering bearing or something w/ pics
Post by: theman53 on August 20, 2011, 08:49:52 pm: http://www.vwdiesel.net/forum/index.php?topic=29782.0

she was having a problem and listed a part number mid thread. Don't know what to tell you.
Title: Re: Steering bearing or something w/ pics
Post by: ORCoaster on August 20, 2011, 10:00:27 pm: Hey there are only half the needle bearings in there that it should have. Where'd day go?
Title: Re: Steering bearing or something w/ pics
Post by: dankcorey22 on August 20, 2011, 10:10:35 pm: Thank for the replies! the rest of the damn things up in there!
Title: Re: Steering bearing or something w/ pics
Post by: R.O.R-2.0 on August 21, 2011, 02:02:01 pm: Quote from: ORCoaster on August 20, 2011, 10:00:27 pm
Hey there are only half the needle bearings in there that it should have. Where'd day go?

looks to be the right amount of rollers in the race.. some bearings are built like that..

its cheaper to build one race that fits lots of bearings, rather than 2 different races..
Title: Re: Steering bearing or something w/ pics
Post by: 8v-of-fury on August 25, 2011, 09:47:15 pm: if you shove it back up and in there does it work to stop the moving of the steering shaft?
Title: Re: Steering bearing or something w/ pics
Post by: ORCoaster on August 25, 2011, 11:22:28 pm: that is what I would do and then does there happen to be some sort of keeper that needs to go in there as well? Or is that yellow jobby have a screw on it that keeps it up there?
Title: Re: Steering bearing or something w/ pics
Post by: 8v-of-fury on August 25, 2011, 11:30:10 pm: i had this happen. Shoved it bakc in there and held it in with a ziptie or two on the shaft.
Title: Re: Steering bearing or something w/ pics
Post by: veector on August 26, 2011, 08:44:17 am: had the same thing happen to me when i was swapping steering columns, just shove it in, ziptie or two to keep it there and you're golden. throw some grease on it for added smoothness :P
Title: Re: Steering bearing or something w/ pics
Post by: dankcorey22 on August 26, 2011, 09:39:10 pm: I just put a hose clamp on mine haha
Title: Re: Steering bearing or something w/ pics
Post by: maxfax on August 28, 2011, 01:24:53 am: Hose clamp FTW.. I was tempted to be good and actually replace that bearing once upon a time.. Then they were I think $30... 75 cent hose clamp works just fine for me...
Title: Re: Steering bearing or something w/ pics
Post by: vanagonturbo on September 20, 2011, 05:26:26 pm: I like the hose clamp method myself also. Plus, that bearing is a total PITA to install if you use a new one.