Steering Column Earth

PostPost by: andyelan » Wed Oct 15, 2008 7:15 pm

Hi Everyone

Could anyone here please tell me how the steering column of the Plus 2 130/5 was originally earthed?

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PostPost by: elan_fan » Wed Oct 15, 2008 8:54 pm

Earth strap across the lower steering joint, with the 2 pinch bolts through the 2 eyelets. Earth strap with an eyelet under the grease nipple and the other eyelet beneath the rack bracket on the chassis picking up on one of the rack clamp threads.

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PostPost by: alaric » Wed Oct 15, 2008 10:21 pm

Hi. Thought I'd take a look in my scanned workshop manual and see if there's any evidence - I need to fit mine too so thanks for the prompt. I've attached a page, which shows one of the straps - well the ends of it anyway - on the cap nut and left hand unit clamp.

I haven't managed to find the other one that the previous posterMark mentioned - from the description is it sounds like it goes from the column pinch bolt on the flexible coupling to the pinion pinch bolt on the flexible coupling.

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PostPost by: rdssdi » Thu Oct 16, 2008 12:09 am

There are two ground wires. One on the rack as described and one across the attaching bolts on the flex coupling.

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PostPost by: andyelan » Thu Oct 16, 2008 6:42 am

Thanks everyone

It's the one across the flexible coupling I seem to be missing. Thanks for the info

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