Phil G

lift the front end. Release the nut at the TRE and mark it's original position (tape, pen or simply count the number of threads.....anything that remembers your original position). There are a couple of flats on the rack end of the rod to aid unwinding. Unwind rod until it's free from the TRE and slide off old gaiter. Reverse assemble. Rubber lube or WB40 is your friend when trying to slide rack end over the casing. It's a pig TBH and a lot of swearing may occur, but it will fit. A second pair of hands can be useful and a small pry-bar to stretch the gaiter.....take care not to pierce rubber!

Apologies.....I have history of only reading last few posts. 9 years old..!

Deleted and moved to correct post. Edit. WTF am I responding to a 5 9 year old thread. 🤪

Don't ya just love Caterhams.......not one the same!

Blimey Col, had to look those signs up on tinternet....been a long time! My Momo drilling was as per warning sign, however, the Go-Race was the opposite if you want the logo facing upwards. Not that it matters to me as i don't have a steering lock. Not even sure if a steering lock will impact the location of the column TBH (someone else may know this).

I fitted one of these recently and accidently pushed the lower bush out when sliding in the new column. Replacing this is a delicate operation as it appears to slot into a recess. After much swearing, I realised that the column to the UJ was not perfectly aligned, and no amount of wiggling in-situ would make the two come together. Solution was to remove lower section and fit to new column then slide the whole assembly back into the UJ. Note. My boss to Momo fitting was reversed, therefore, I marked the UJ and turned 180deg. Have yet to run it down the road to check alignment (still SORNd). Edit. This is the slot that fits to the column. Not sure what the long slots' function is given David's comments about the welded collar. Maybe its for wires to exit when paddle-shift or indicators are wired through column....thoughts?

I wanted to delete a post where I had made an error; however, I could not find a tab that allowed this function. Does it exist? If not, can it be considered as, surely, the writer should be in control of their posts and have the ability to remove as opposed to simply editing. I'm referring to members comments, not originator's topic.

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The tab is on the bottom and will not stop tipping down, only up! Or did you mean that you tried it without hooking the tab under the mounting bracket? It has a marginal function of stopping movement whilst tightening the bolt, however, this is only effective on the N/S. IMHO naturally. Just wind it up to rally tight and it won't budge.

TBH the tab serves little purpose. I wouldn't bother trying to fold back.

Like the Thundersport Half-hood a lot, however, I was never keen on the side strap fitting method and changed mine to the SBfS popper style.

The tab is often a bit tight and needs to be give a tweek to widen the gap. May not be your issue but worth a go!

Felt - that's what I used. Fixed to underside of hood with double sided tape.

Hi Rob, Sorry to hear about all your troubles. It's situations like this that that highlight how far Caterham have to go to restore customer confidence (take heed Mr Lashley). For such a young car to show this level of corrosion, it make me wonder where, and how, it was stored during it's short life. I have seen cars that live near the coast to show atypical decay, however, in this case it may simply be neglect......not from you, obviously All the previous advice is sound and I sincerely hope this experience has not put you off Seven ownership.

K Series cylinder bolts are just the ticket!