[T3] PART:'73 Squareback Steering Column (27mm) steering wheel nut and the spring washer

[John L. Morgan IV]

I thought he was talking about Column nut plates. But i have no idea what
mm they are off the top of my head.

On Friday, September 6, 2013, Jim Adney wrote:

> On 6 Sep 2013 at 14:32, Henry Braithwaite wrote:
>
> > for the life of me I cannot find these
> > where can i?
> >
> > There are two of these bad boys holding the steering
> wheel/ignition/blinker
> > assembly in place on the steering column
> >
> > when i got the car one of the nuts was cracked in half making everything
> > wobbly
> > since only one was holding it in place
> > its actually warping the metal they sandwich in between
>
> I'm a bit confused here, because your description doesn't sound
> right.
>
> Under the steering wheel there should be a single snap ring on the
> steering shaft
>
> Then the steering wheel goes onto the spline and slides down against
> the snap ring.
>
> On top of the steering wheel there should be a single large wavy
> washer, followed by a single large nut.
>
> I'm astonished that you have a broken nut. I've never seen that. And
> there should be only one nut, not two. It should be impossible to
> break that nut because it really doesn't have to be all that tight,
> just snug enough to not come loose.
>
> And these parts don't have anything to do with holding the ignition
> or turn signal switchs in place. I'd suspect that we're talking about
> different parts, except for the fact that you specifically mentioned
> 27 mm for the nut. There's only one such nut.
>
> I have all of those parts in good used condition if you need them.
>
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