Hello Chris,   On my 77 RC, I am trying to reassemble the dash and steering system.   I don't seem to have enough clearance over the belt pulley gearbox to get the dash bolted in.    The top steering knuckle (right below the tube that holds the upper steering shaft) hits the gearbox.

I believe I have the tube oriented correctly though I had it wrong at first.  I now have the hole in the side of the tube at the lower clamp, fitting over the dimple in that clamp.

I'm afraid the problem may be that I replaced the knuckles because there there was no way to put new bearings in them.   (I believe I sent you a picture of one of the old ones a few months ago.)

The new knuckle, which I think I got from steiner,  is slightly longer.    And now I notice that the original was welded to the shaft at that spot,  although every other connection was with a pin or bolt.  

So I'm suspecting the factory cut the end off that knuckle to get more clearance, thus getting rid of the tension pin hole, and they had to weld.

Does that sound right?  I'm not sure whether I can have a similar thing done now.  The old knuckle is totally shot.

Would appreciate any help.

Thanks, as always.

Tom Murray