Jon Ison
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 posted on 17/4/02 at 07:25 PM |
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How Big is Yours.....?
don't get too excited......what size steering wheels you useing, and would you have gone bigger/smaller given the chance....
thanks in anticipation...Jon.
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 18/4/02 at 07:24 AM |
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I'm using the original Sierra wheel until after the SVA, then I've got a nice 12" leather-bound one that's going straight on...
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Dunc
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| posted on 18/4/02 at 08:00 AM |
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380mm, but hey, diameter isn't everything is it.
Yes it's the original sierra one till after the SVA. Or maybe till after stoneleigh, last year there was a pile of mountneys for only 2 or 3 quid
each, they were a bit tattie but you can't knock that price, didn't have the adpaters though.
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JohnFol
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| posted on 18/4/02 at 09:26 AM |
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On roughly the same subject, is a collapsable steering column part of the SVA? I have a column from a Mk II Escort but the book wibbles on about
collapsable from Allegro / Nova's
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StuartA
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| posted on 18/4/02 at 11:33 AM |
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John,
SVA states that:
"A vehicle may be assessed on its merits but will invariably require the steering column shaft to incorporate an arrangement of universal joints/
couplings and/or a collapsible tube/slider section that ensures displacement of the upper column is minimized"
There are other bits in there about collapsible columns too. We've taken ours from a Sierra, which I believe is pretty standard.
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 18/4/02 at 12:06 PM |
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Just to cover as many options as possible, I have:
1. A non-braced bit of chassis in front of the steering rack (it protects the bottom of my radiator)
2. A pair of universal joints that displace the steering column by a few degrees
3. A joint that would collapse on impact (where the Sierra steering down-link joins the steering column)
4. A collapsible tube in the steering column
...I think I've covered all the angles!
Anyone who uses a Sierra column should have items 3 & 4, even if the angle in 2 is insufficient (as mine probably is)
My motto is to minimise the possibility of complaints in the SVA!
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theconrodkid
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 posted on 18/4/02 at 11:11 PM |
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I had to get a colapsible boss for my wheel,watch those cheap wheels,there may be a reason for them being so cheap like not sva compliant
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