just installed my pacesetter headers an the steeling wheel shaft is rubbing on my headers i was reading on 1 thread its due to old motor mounts? if i replace them it wont rub right an i also tolk the pacesetter tab that was on the headers cause it was rubbing in that spot but didnt fix the rubbing just a lil

 

steering. and. it's. little.

Depending upon the mileage of the car, it might be a good idea to replace
the motor mounts - there is no doubt that the rubber deteriorates over
time. Since most header installs involve lifting the engine on each side,
it's not much more work to replace the mounts.

If memory serves me correctly, the "rubbing" is a common issue with
the Pacesetters. I believe that folks are "notching" the steering shaft.

 

Are your headers long tube or shortys, either way just notch the steering shaft and you will be fine.
That what I had to do when I installed the shorty's on my 95, worked out great.

 

You removed the steering shaft cover right? If not, take that off and see if it fixes your problem.

 

here's the best way to fix this. Take off the dash peice uner he steering wheel in the car, you might have to pull off the trim piece around the gauge cluster first. Then loosen up the two bolts that hold up the column,believe they're 13mm, then look at where the column goes through the firewall, there are three bolts there, 10mm. Loosen those up and push/pull the steering wheel towards the center of the car, having a buddy around helps so they can tell you when you have enough clearance from the headers, then have your buddy hold the wheel in place and tighten everything back up, problem solved without notching anything.

 

Interesting, how much "play" is there to work with? I have a slight rub on my #1 primary, if I could move the shaft .25" it would clear nicely. Otherwise, I was going to modify the header tube, don't like the idea of notching the steering shaft

 

when I put my LPP's on, I had grinded on the shaft some, knocked the corners off the joint, and still had some rub, moved the shaft and have close to a 1/2" of clearance now. This seems to be an issue with the LPP's, but they're 1 7/8" primaries. Where the three bolts go into the firewall, the slots they go through are slotted, some guys have had to take a dremel and elongate them some. So if you need more, then you could do that, but if you only need a 1/4" then you should be fine.

 

Hmm i just installed motor mounts trying to fix my steering shaft rubbing. after startup, the grinding is worse!!!, the passenger mounts was worn so badly, that the new poly mount pushed the header into the shaft even more.

I've already grinded the shaft as much as i can without getting worried.
Bowtie4life, Im gonna try your method out tomarrow!!

 

woohoo! this fixed the rubbing!! I only gained about 1/4 ich of clearance at the most, but it's enough. Car is running great again. its a love hate relationship on a weekly basis.

 

this should be a sticky!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Great fix................