Rebuilt my steering box
I took my 124 apart to make a small weld a year ago, and it still sits. I needed to rebuild the steering box before I went further, so I actually got off my butt and did it. It was quite easy. I also did the modification I've read about here, with the thrust bearing. The only trouble I had was I couldn't find a locknut narrow enough to grab the threads once I put in the bearing and thrust washers, so I used a dab of Locktite red. I also noticed it wasn't quite as smooth as I felt it could be, I took it back apart and packed the thrust bearing with Phil Wood bicycle grease. Silky smooth now.
3 cans of Hogwash needed to clean out 40 years of cruddy grease. Now I need to dig out the soldering gun and terminals and make me up a new wiring harness.
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