rich201283
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| posted on 17/3/04 at 04:20 PM |
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What steering joint can i use instead of makeing the straight rod go direct to the rack?
What steering joint can i use instead of makeing the straight rod go direct to the rack?
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ned
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| posted on 17/3/04 at 04:28 PM |
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another u/j would work. i believe gusterwotsit has a couple on his car. allegro's have been mentinoed as donors for u/j's, or just an
other from another column down link.
Ned.
beware, I've got yellow skin
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Staple balls
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| posted on 17/3/04 at 04:39 PM |
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NFS do steering bits
http://www.nfauto.co.uk/cbs_products4.htm
not so locost though. speaking of which, it make be worth trying lolocost.com
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chris.chatland
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| posted on 17/3/04 at 09:21 PM |
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Try a Triumph TR7 steering joint, i've used this and it bolts straight on to the Mk2 Escort rack, and has a bolt on UJ at the steering wheel
end, you can get them from Rimmer Bros, Lincoln.
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craig1410
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| posted on 17/3/04 at 10:56 PM |
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Rally Design do what they call a "Group 4 Steering Coupling" which fits the Escort rack splines and can be welded onto a 16mm thick bar at
the other end. They cost about £18 IIRC.
Cheers,
Craig.
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dblissett
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| posted on 18/3/04 at 09:26 PM |
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uj
i bought two off lolocost £12 each they have the ford spline on both ends
no probs
cheers
dave
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craig1410
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| posted on 18/3/04 at 09:34 PM |
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Yes sorry I should have made it clearer that the Group 4 coupling has splines at both ends too but I welded one of mine onto a 16mm bar. Very nice
quality too.
Cheers,
Craig.
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mranlet
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| posted on 24/3/04 at 09:36 PM |
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Find yourself a defunct steering rack or transmission and steal the two CV joints.
If you welded CV's on, you could almost make the steering wrap around a corner!
What kind of pinch does your steering have to go through?
-MR
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 24/3/04 at 11:11 PM |
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I used a second shaft from a sierra to extend the downlink - you can use the parts from both to hold them together using a 3rd UJ without any sleeve
to join them.
I can do pics if needed.
However, I did have to get a plain bearing block made to support the shaft as a 3rd UJ needs support.
Some have used rod ends in this way.
atb
steve
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craig1410
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| posted on 24/3/04 at 11:31 PM |
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Hi,
I used a 16mm rod end in a similar way to the Tiger Avon design to support the lower section of the downlink. It seems to be very secure but I would
caution against having large angles across the universal joints as it can make the steering a bit "non-linear" in terms of torque and can
make it a bit snatchy as it rotates. Using genuine CV joints instead of simple universal joints should resolve this but as long as you minimise the
angles it's not a problem. I'd say that the angles of my downlink sections are about as large as I would recommend.
See my website for more details, especially in the January 2004 build diary page.
Cheers,
Craig.
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