Steering Shaft seal fix... the Lazy way (1 Viewer)

[lumbee1]

I just ordered and received his shaky mirror fix brackets and his No Lost Valve caps. Had I known about this, I would have purchased it as well. I've replaced 3 steering shaft seals and I hate doing it.

 

[Outsane]

So many hidden parts

 

[alia176]

First. I love this fix and want to make sure I’m then only one with a reoccurring issue of the “donut” sliding out of the OEM gasket hole, allowing the steering shaft to knock going over every bump. I finally traced a rattle I swore was behind the dash to this. I can simply reinsert it into the hole and the shaft stay nice and quiet for about a day, and then I notice it’s starting to knock again. I tried wrapping a few rounds of e-tape behind the donut to keep it from backing out, but that doesn’t seem robust enough. Next step will be a c-clip but instead of trying to find one that works / grinding a notch, I may try an old school hose clamp, but fear that will interfer with the insulation surround.


Anyone else have this issue? I don’t doubt operator-error is in play. I refuse to buy a defective oem design and fidget with it every 2 years if this concept can be made fool-proof.

PS….love the design.

Interesting issue, and I'm having something similar. So I took her opportunity to crawl into the wheel well then reach up to feel the location of this collar. Sure enough, it is not protruding enough into the engine bay, on the other side of the firewall. Since I have no axle to worry about it, I have a lot of space

 

[FIDO96]

Wanted to follow-up with what I believe is a long term fix / supplement to the SolveFunction Quick Fix. I recently replaced both the OEM rubber seal and the steering coupler (I’m on a mission to wipe-out all excessive steering play). Because the OEM design sucks and the random movement of the steering shaft eats these seals, I added the SolveFunction 2-Piece hole stopper and added a locking collar ($10 on amazon). The Donut is easy to install and centers itself inside the metal ring of the OEM seal. This makes a great combination and reduces/eliminates chronic rattles and banging from the steering rattling against the metal seal. The locking collar keeps the zip-tied donut securely in place. So far the early returns are great. No rattles, hot air or hopefully blown-out holes for a long time!