Jesus-Ninja
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| posted on 15/10/08 at 04:39 PM |
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Acceptable UJ angle in steering column.
What's the accepted limts for this? I have a 30deg "bend"
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blakep82
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| posted on 15/10/08 at 05:22 PM |
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you need to have two (if you don't have collapsable shafts or something) and i think (from memory) they should be angled at more than 10 or 15
degrees.
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Flamez
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| posted on 15/10/08 at 05:39 PM |
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Sect 14 of SVA states the greater the angle the more effective they will be at preventing movement being transmitted up the column.
It is unlikely that joints will work above 30 degrees and unlikely to be effective less than 10 degrees [ when viewed from side or top]
Therefore I deduce that between 10 and 30 is fine....
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Jesus-Ninja
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| posted on 15/10/08 at 05:46 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by blakep82
you need to have two (if you don't have collapsable shafts or something) and i think (from memory) they should be angled at more than 10 or 15
degrees.
Yeah, i have two, although the column between them is all of 8"!  The one at the rack end is practically straight (maybe 5 deg), but the one
at the steering wheel end is the culprit.
Because of the angle of dangle of where the brake pedal is, this is the only way it all fits. Still, if 30deg is the limit, then I'll stick with
it as it is 
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Jesus-Ninja
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| posted on 15/10/08 at 05:47 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Flamez
Sect 14 of SVA states the greater the angle the more effective they will be at preventing movement being transmitted up the column.
It is unlikely that joints will work above 30 degrees and unlikely to be effective less than 10 degrees [ when viewed from side or top]
Therefore I deduce that between 10 and 30 is fine....
Oh, and I do have a colapsable shaft Straight out of the saab donor
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blakep82
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| posted on 15/10/08 at 06:40 PM |
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if the shaft collapses, you don't really need to worry too much about the UJ angles, as long as the work and don't bind
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Chippy
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| posted on 15/10/08 at 08:36 PM |
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You will find that much over 20 deg's the UJ's dont work too well, and the steering will be hard to get it to "self centre".
HTH Ray
To make a car go faster, just add lightness. Colin Chapman - OR - fit a bigger engine. Chippy
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Jesus-Ninja
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| posted on 15/10/08 at 09:36 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Chippy
You will find that much over 20 deg's the UJ's dont work too well, and the steering will be hard to get it to "self centre".
HTH Ray
Arse! 
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DarrenW
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| posted on 16/10/08 at 01:59 PM |
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Depends on the specific UJ. They are designed with different operating angles. I dont recall seeing many designed to operate over 20degs.
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