~ 1969 steering column shaft seal

[Raven R code 281]

Got the doughnut ring seal for the bottom of the steering column. Doesn't seem to want to fit though. My question.....does it get pushed up past the white plastic bushing indicated by the green arrow? If so, I should be getting proctologist pay! That is a tight fit!

[Brian Conway 264]

FWIW; a picture of my 69 column.  Brian

[69volunteer 84]

There is a gray version of a donut that seals between the outer tube and the inner tube. Did you install that one? PN 7C102A from Musclecarresearch.com

I am looking through my old pics and I have one pic of the two donuts (gray and the black one you have pictured) and the outer, inner and shaft all laid out but not of the final product.

If I recall, I tried to use the one you have pictured, stuffed into the inner tube riding along that plastic piece. I believe the first time I turned the steering shaft, it ended up ripping it. I am pretty sure I didnt install it.

PN 3E629. The middle of the black donut is installed between the end of your steering shaft and the rubber flex joint.

[Mike65 475]

Raven, IIRC when I rebuilt my steering column I used the gray one also.

[stangs-R-me 120]

I did mine back in 2011 with the Muscle Car Research Seals.

IIRC ... you need to carefully remove that (obsolete / NLA) plastic retainer then the seal goes up beyond it.   I'm guessing the plastic retainer is what keeps the seal from falling out.

It was a bear getting the seal up in there (lots of lube) and my retainer was gone long ago, so I made something out of white PVC to retain the seal up there and drilled a small hole for a screw on the bottom side of the column tube to retain my custom retainer.

There is also a plastic retainer that holds the outer to inner tube seal in place and thankfully mine still had that (also obsolete / NLA) retainer.

Doug 

[Vicfreg 771]

[Vicfreg 771]

I have taken several of these apart.  The foam seal should go in before the white plastic retainer.  As I recall, theh foam seal I purchased was actually 2 seals, with one mounted concentrically inside the other.  I took it apart and I think I used the small one at the top of the column, and the large one at the bottom.  I just squished it in there.  If you don't use these, you will actually get air blowing up through the steering column from the engine compartment....