skipc
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Georgia & points west and south
Well, I took the column apart after studying the ElCamino site pics. It really wasn't that tough... If you're familiar with it, I used large washers instead of those little U pullers he made. Worked fine, but get hardened screws, they're only #8 thread and common machine screws stretch and break in the pulling.
Now the bad part - I can only guess that there's some plate at the top of the column tube that the base of the tilt mechanism bolts to with the 4 bolts that come loose. Mine has no place for the 4 bolts, which float free. There are parts of the top that look broken off, but a lot seems missing, and nothing for the 4 bolts to screw to.
I think I'm going to try screwing the base to the top of the column with 2 self tapping screws, perpendicular to the shaft, at 2 points where they overlap. That and some epoxy... That will secure it to the top of the column again, and its position seems to mate with the broken-like parts. It won't be 4 bolts, but it'll be OK, probably. After that, it can be reassembled.
Anyone see any problem with this, or another way, economically? All it really needs is for that tilt base to get firmly mounted.
Thanks in advance.
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Now the bad part - I can only guess that there's some plate at the top of the column tube that the base of the tilt mechanism bolts to with the 4 bolts that come loose. Mine has no place for the 4 bolts, which float free. There are parts of the top that look broken off, but a lot seems missing, and nothing for the 4 bolts to screw to.
I think I'm going to try screwing the base to the top of the column with 2 self tapping screws, perpendicular to the shaft, at 2 points where they overlap. That and some epoxy... That will secure it to the top of the column again, and its position seems to mate with the broken-like parts. It won't be 4 bolts, but it'll be OK, probably. After that, it can be reassembled.
Anyone see any problem with this, or another way, economically? All it really needs is for that tilt base to get firmly mounted.
Thanks in advance.
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