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Can i do this?
robertst - 14/5/07 at 02:27 PM

would this be ok as steering linkage?

cheers .

column bush
column bush

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theconrodkid - 14/5/07 at 02:29 PM

you will need a support just above the lower UJ, or it will flop all over the place,i used a rose joint

dan__wright - 14/5/07 at 02:29 PM

would think it will need a support on the middle section,
why are you doing it like that? clearance?

ps your steering wheels on the wrong side

robertst - 14/5/07 at 02:34 PM

quote:
Originally posted by dan__wright
would think it will need a support on the middle section,
why are you doing it like that? clearance?

ps your steering wheels on the wrong side


very funny...

anyway, i made it out of the parts i currently have and it seems good enough or probably a better choice rather than weld both ends together.

i was also thinking about what the SVA manual says about the upper and lower sections being offset in case of collision.. and this looks ok... so a rosejoint huh? can i just make a bracket out of steel sheet, drill a hole in it, weld it and pass the tube through it?

many thanks!

theconrodkid - 14/5/07 at 02:37 PM

ive been there.....believe me you need a smooooooooth action on the column,easiest way i found was column through the rosejoint eye,and as dan says,its on the wrong side

robertst - 14/5/07 at 02:57 PM

many thanks, you wouldnt happen to have a pic of this would you? i dont really know where to put it.

Mr G - 14/5/07 at 03:08 PM

Example



nick205 - 14/5/07 at 03:08 PM

The Tiger Avon has the same arrangement as you and uses a Rose joint to support the lower section of the column, immediately below the lower UJ. The Rose joint is mounted on a chassis bracket.

A post in the Tiger section should get you some pics to look at.


^^^^^^ like that^^^^^

[Edited on 14/5/07 by nick205]

robertst - 14/5/07 at 03:11 PM

thanks a lot! i just found those pics in another thread...
ordered the bearing from Raldes... one problem solved...

tks - 14/5/07 at 03:32 PM

maybe its not nececarry,

but you don't use the rubber grommet thing now.

Tks

Avoneer - 14/5/07 at 03:40 PM

No no no no no no...

That top joiners clamp will never hold it in a crash.

Pat...

Hellfire - 14/5/07 at 04:22 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Avoneer
No no no no no no...

That top joiners clamp will never hold it in a crash.

Pat...


It looks like it's floating in mid-air...

Steve

robertst - 14/5/07 at 06:14 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Hellfire
quote:
Originally posted by Avoneer
No no no no no no...

That top joiners clamp will never hold it in a crash.

Pat...


It looks like it's floating in mid-air...

Steve


err? thats because it is... i'm gonna put a support somewhere in the middle..

pat wot do u mean? thats from the sierra! if it works in a sierra it might as well work here!... or do you mean the middle one?

Avoneer - 14/5/07 at 10:19 PM

It was a joke about the one at the top.

All looks good to me - just needs a spherical bearing between the bottom two UJ's - just like the Avon.

Pat...

robertst - 14/5/07 at 10:59 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Avoneer
It was a joke about the one at the top.

All looks good to me - just needs a spherical bearing between the bottom two UJ's - just like the Avon.

Pat...


YE HAVE A FUNNY SENSE OF HUMOUR DON'T YE?!!