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Need to know how to use the 529036476 Spacer to set my Ryker's SAS to zero?
- Thread starter gbyoung2
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Appreciate it, but seriously? I've seen that picture a dozen times and it doesn't tell me squat about what locks what to what or how to really use the tool.
That's exactly what I was looking for. Some of the original pictures looked like the spacer was folded over one of the steering arms. When I received it, no folded over section; just a small hole on one end and a long slotted section.
I assume the 6mm screw must pass through that slotted section then, since the hole is too small.
I’m a little dense, so I’m still trying to get my head fully wrapped around this procedure.
In the attached picture, I have the “official” BRP alignment screw (as noted in a similar illustration several times previously) inserted through a hole in a piece on the side of the steering column, then screwed into a threaded hole directly below it in the aluminum Pitman arm support. It’s the only place it (or the countersink headed bolt) can go if the steering is straight and the two holes are aligned with each other. The fancy BRP spacer with the long-slotted hole is omitted for clarity.
If the above is correct and the whole point of this procedure is to just lock the steering in place so it won’t move, then that long slotted hole in the BRP spacer is useless in this application. The same thing could be accomplished with a stack of washers or machining a slug of metal with a hole through it for the screw/bolt to pass.
I appreciate the help, I really do, but just sticking up a confusing picture with no accompanying dialogue can raise more questions than sensible answers. It certainly did in this instance, for me anyway.
In the attached picture, I have the “official” BRP alignment screw (as noted in a similar illustration several times previously) inserted through a hole in a piece on the side of the steering column, then screwed into a threaded hole directly below it in the aluminum Pitman arm support. It’s the only place it (or the countersink headed bolt) can go if the steering is straight and the two holes are aligned with each other. The fancy BRP spacer with the long-slotted hole is omitted for clarity.
If the above is correct and the whole point of this procedure is to just lock the steering in place so it won’t move, then that long slotted hole in the BRP spacer is useless in this application. The same thing could be accomplished with a stack of washers or machining a slug of metal with a hole through it for the screw/bolt to pass.
I appreciate the help, I really do, but just sticking up a confusing picture with no accompanying dialogue can raise more questions than sensible answers. It certainly did in this instance, for me anyway.
Thank you.
DickB
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You're overthinking this. Why a slot instead of a hole? Who knows? Maybe the spacer has other applications on different vehicles. Just use it as illustrated. And yes, you could make your own.
The comment "in this application" implied that it obviously has some other use in the Ryker, or some other BRP product. A former employer/dealer in another town sells BRP products, perhaps he knows.
FINALLY done with all the heavy-duty mechanical stuff. Will re-install all the electrical "stuff" tomorrow after I whack the grass and put up a couple of banners at our church.
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