Should this be here?

[BAFRAID]

Cleaning up my steering column and rebuilding it. Just took the bearing out and the rubber boot around the bearing has a staple through it. I assume it’s not supposed to be there?

 

[tnfastback]

https://www.detroitmuscletechnologi...MIxKWpnLHJ6wIVHz6tBh2LmQFhEAQYASABEgL2d_D_BwE

It is supposed to be there. Goes on upper bearing preventing rattle.

 

[Fran Blacker]

Wonder if it is there to ground the column??

 

[Mopar Hunter]

View attachment 996337 View attachment 996336 Cleaning up my steering column and rebuilding it. Just took the bearing out and the rubber boot around the bearing has a staple through it. I assume it’s not supposed to be there?

The staple was installed at the factory to provide grounding for the horn circuit.

 

[BAFRAID]

Hmm, learn something new every day?

 

[BAFRAID]

The staple was installed at the factory to provide grounding for the horn circuit.

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Thank you Chris.

 

[Mike67]

Hmm, learn something new every day?

Kinda reminds me the first time I saw someone take a gum wrapper and wrap a blown fuse...

 

[slimt]

Kinda reminds me the first time I saw someone take a gum wrapper and wrap a blown fuse...

ya gotta do what you gotta do when nothing is open during a long trip. Been there.

 

[tnfastback]

Just don’t be like the guy from AR and use a 22 shell

 

[kiwigtx]

Kinda reminds me the first time I saw someone take a gum wrapper and wrap a blown fuse...

How about the spring out of a ballpoint pen being used in a distributor cap to 'preload' the centre contact. A friend of mine did that to a Corvette when the cap failed about 35 years ago. It worked.

 

[Mike67]

How about the spring out of a ballpoint pen being used in a distributor cap to 'preload' the centre contact. A friend of mine did that to a Corvette when the cap failed about 35 years ago. It worked.

What's the old adage? Necessity is the mother of all invention...

 

[moparedtn]

What's the old adage? Necessity is the mother of all invention...

Improvise! Adapt! Overcome!
Or something like that....

 

[kiwigtx]

What's the old adage? Necessity is the mother of all invention...

Thinking outside the box.

 

[Geetex]

Necessity is the mother of all invention...

I thought laziness was.

 

[Dibbons]

Comparing the drawing and the foto, it looks like the aftermarket one has the staple inserted backwards from the factory staple. Guess it doesn't really matter.