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steering shaft dust cover broke important?

Old Dec 27, 2005 | 05:53 PM
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steering shaft dust cover broke important?

notcied today that my steering shaft dust cover is just flopping around. is it important? is it dangerous i dont think it would catch on anything..
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Old Dec 28, 2005 | 10:38 PM
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How did it break? It just hooks over one of the power steering hard lines at the gearbox...
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Old Dec 28, 2005 | 10:41 PM
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i had one break on a j'yard car when i dropped the steering column to get to the pedals . . . granted i dropped the column all the way down to the floor, and the thing was brittle as hell.

i wouldnt really worry about it.
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Old Dec 29, 2005 | 02:36 AM
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one of my mechanics must of broke it cause i didnt notice it till i got my echaust on

unless it somehow broke itself
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