Jasper
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 posted on 6/11/02 at 05:24 PM |
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Steering column position
Firstly I'm finding it hard to get the right position for the steering cloumn without a pair of seats in. I've put boards in raising the seating
position about 3 inches, and another board down the back to simulate a seat. Does that seem about right?
I've also extended my footwell by about 3 inches at the top rail.
The problem I'm having is that the entire Sierra column now sits within the footwell, and I've got the column going down between the pedal rather
than over as it feels like a better angle. I don't have room between the pedals to fit the top UJ, the one that takes the triangular rod. Would it be
ok the cut the triangular rod on the column in half, put a 1/8th inch wall tube between them, then attach the UJ the engine bay side of the
footwell.
Another question: Do I need to put more than the two UJ's in the length of the column, the triangular rod ended one at the top end, and the rubber UJ
next to the steering column? Or do I need more for a more effective crumple zone.
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theconrodkid
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| posted on 6/11/02 at 07:28 PM |
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Jasper,the first uj should be in the engine bay,you can have 2 uj,s remember you need 10 degrees ? of angle in the shaft for sva
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 6/11/02 at 07:53 PM |
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my steering wheel shaft goes OVER the top of the bulkhead.
Also, seats were one of the first things i bought to enable me to get all the positions right.
atb
steve
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interestedparty
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| posted on 6/11/02 at 09:13 PM |
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Steve is right, get the seats as soon as you can. I've been all through this stuff of trying to sort out positions of pedals, columns etc etc without
seats and it is fcuking difficult.
This time, I've done it the right way round and have bought the seats before getting into all that stuff. I'm already getting different results to
what I had expected
John
As some day it may happen that a victim must be found,
I've got a little list-- I've got a little list
Of society offenders who might well be underground,
And who never would be missed-- who never would be missed!
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Jasper
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| posted on 7/11/02 at 07:27 PM |
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Thanks chaps, spoken to Intatrim re they're Ranger seats (any body got them, or can comment on them?), gonna see them at the Exeter show and get a
pair there.
So I'll leave everything till then, and get on with the painting!!
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 7/11/02 at 08:10 PM |
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good decision.
On my car, just angling the front of the seat up 40mm or so improved the seating a lot. A small change like that is hard to emulate when you dont even
have seats!
An inch or two wrong and you will have an uncomfortable car!
atb
steve
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