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Anyone have a good, spare steering column bearing assembly (bearing at steering wheel usually survive best is seems) - front/engine outside bearing cup on mine is cracked in mult. spots. Probably a prev. owner error during removal or a front end impact of some kind. I know Rick at Sunbeam Specialties has the individual ball bearings and felt washer (thanks Rick) but seems the failing part is the larger outside cup. This outer steering column cup looks like a simple stamping, and maybe a good idea/suggestion for CAT club to add on a list of potential parts to reproduce down the road - the internal cup/race part that slips onto shaft usually is fine in my experience. I have had several Tigers and seems this is a common failure at front steering column bearing. In past have to admit I have trashed more than one Alpine steering column/box to get a single bearing assembly and always feel bad doing so.
