This may be a Zcar.com question but...

[Zerrari GTO]

I'd rather not go there if I can find the answer here.

I've got my steering column out and disassembled and would like to replace the upper and lower bearings in the column. The replacement process is well covered in "How to Restore your Z Car" but, where in the hell do you find replacement bearings?!!

I did a search and checked around; no luck.

[COZY Z COLE]

Might e-mail these guys with your problem.....

 

http://www.flaming-river.com/columns.htm

 

LARRY

[cygnusx1]

Measure the outer and inner race diameters, the width, and determine the type of bearing and call a bearing supply house. You can find one through a machine shop or the yellow pages...or the internet. Bearings are all pretty standardized and are usually available in all sizes from a bearing dealer.

[Zerrari GTO]

Emailed Flaming River-don't have it.

Talked to a couple bearing supply places-they may or may not have bearings that will work. They said to bring the bearings in and try to match them.

I gave up and bought another steering column from a 280.

Oh well.

[ezzzzzzz]

How you got a decent deal of the column. A bearing supplier would have been your best bet for finding a suitable replacement. Also, most auto parts stores have bearing/seal interchange books on hand. You could measure the dimensions of the bearings and look through this book to find a match. One note here, most auto parts stores are manned by unknowledgable persons (sorry auto parts guys/gals if I hurt your feelings if you actually do have a clue) willing to work for minimum wage. That's been my experience since Advance and Auto Zone have prevailed in the market place. I long for the good old days of real parts counter people. I worked part time for Advance years back just for the discount and left after getting a 10 cent raise for 6 months service. They called to rehire me because the customers were upset not getting the parts and info they needed to fix their cars. Sorry to get on a rant.