Loose Brumby Steering & Gearbox

Brumby Kid · Post by **Brumby Kid** » Mon Aug 29, 2011 9:46 pm

Hello, Yes i know it's probably on the forum somewhere but trust me i have been looking.

My 91 Brumby has a very loose steering wheel. ie. you turn it 45 degrees before it does anything. And subaru shrugged their shoulders at it!

The other problem is that the gear stick is also very loose.
I was wondering if anyone knew if there was anything i could do to fix these since subaru (insert sarcasim here) "looked very hard and tried to fix it".

Cheers Cam

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Tue Aug 30, 2011 12:49 am

Steering column - check the linkages under the bonnet just behind the driver's side bank of the EA81. There's a rubber disc in there than might need attention. I'd also look at the ball joints, tie rod ends and the steering rack itself to see how much play is in the entire system. It will most likely be a two person task

As for the gear linkage:

You will need a new bush and most likely rubber boot at the base of the gear selector to fix the sloppiness. You don't have to modify the upper mount point, this is only done to change the forward action of the gearstick to a shorter throw between 1st/2nd and 3rd/4th (straight shift).

Cheers

Bennie

Brumby Kid · Post by **Brumby Kid** » Tue Aug 30, 2011 3:46 pm

I will have a look at the steering column and see if anything looks out of the ordinary (i dont really know what im doing)
The gearbox- would the brumby bushes kit for $50 that Andrew (Frog) is selling fix it?

Cheers Cam

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Thu Sep 01, 2011 3:37 pm

Brumby Kid wrote: The gearbox- would the brumby bushes kit for $50 that Andrew (Frog) is selling fix it?

That's part of the fix, the other part is slotting and putting a bolt through it as per the pic above. The $50 kit is for the bottom of the vertical stick where you can see the rubber boot.

Andy should be able to confirm this

Cheers

Bennie

Brumby91 · Post by **Brumby91** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 10:15 pm

How did you go with the gearbox fix?

had mine done today... have to be honest , its not what i expected, thought it'd be tighter ( my Laser gearshift is tighter) ...

Place that did it wont be getting any reccomendations from me i can tell you!

Brumby91 · Post by **Brumby91** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 10:18 pm

El Freddo... the pic you posted, does the bolt fix the East -West movement ?
( That being when youre in the seat youre facing north)

Brumby Kid · Post by **Brumby Kid** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 10:22 pm

Havn't done it yet, (heads/gasket problem) may rebuild engine if so yes. if ej'd then new gearbox with engine.

Cheers Cam

Brumby Kid · Post by **Brumby Kid** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 10:26 pm

Where did you go Brumby 91? where abouts in adelaide are you?

Brumby91 · Post by **Brumby91** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 10:33 pm

pm sent