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MG Midget and Sprite Technical - Steering shear pins

I have a 76 midget. I think I have commite
ted a cardinal sin. The steering wheel was not straight, ie spokes horizontal. So I thoght I would take off the steering wheel & put it back straight. I looked in the archives & followed a procedure which involved a hammer. The steering column moves about 20mm or so. Further viewing of the archives suggest I have busted the plastic shear pins. How or who could rectify this for me. I live near Brighton, East Sussex.
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N H Axtell

Drill them out & use nylon set screws, mine melted when I had the colum powder coated, this is how I got round the problem!

Best Regards,

Howie.
Howard Wright

nylon bolts like they use for number plates, or plastic sprue from an Airfix kit, plastic knitting needle, etc - think lateral !
David (davidDOTsmithAT stonesDOTcom)

So long as they are plastic they will shear as intended if needed. If you replace with a steel pin then it's no longer collapsible!
We have used epoxy glue to set into a plug, or drilled it and used a plastic knitting needle nicked when someone close wasn't watching
Paul Walbran

This thread was discussed between 17/10/2009 and 18/10/2009

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