SteveWallace
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| posted on 4/4/12 at 03:36 PM |
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Are all Sierra columns the same length?
I've been fitting the scuttle to my Viento. I've measured it loads of times and its in the right place, however, as you can see in the
attached pictures, the light switch stalk on the column will be almost touching the dash (particularly if, as intended, I put the dash in front of the
lip on the scuttle rather than behind it (I think that it looks neater).
I guess that a solution would be to take the light switch stalk off and replace it with a dash mounted one, but before I do that, have I done
something dumb?
I've looked in the photo archives at other Viento builds and some seen very close to the dash and others a lot further away, with makes me
suspect that there are two different lengths of column around.
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JeffHs
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| posted on 4/4/12 at 04:20 PM |
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Not sure, but I think you can adjust the top mount to pull the whole assembly backwards. If I remember right there is about 1-2 inches between
extremes. I think you can slacken the clamp that holds the 2 bolt fixing to the column.
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macc man
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| posted on 4/4/12 at 04:21 PM |
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The alloy mounting bracket on the column is movable so you may want to try undoing the bolt and sliding it down the shaft to bring the stalks away
from the dash.
[Edited on 4/4/12 by macc man]
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40inches
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| posted on 4/4/12 at 04:29 PM |
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The alloy bracket that the column fits to the chassis with, has around 35-45mm of adjustment, slacken the pinch bolt and
you should be able to move the wheel in or out.
Must trype quicker
[Edited on 4-4-12 by 40inches]
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SteveWallace
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| posted on 4/4/12 at 07:46 PM |
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Does this adjustment change the distance between the steering wheel nut and the bottom end of the triangular section? If not then I cannot move it as
the triangular bit only just reaches the coupling that connects to the rack as is. Any further movement upwards/ outwards means that it will not
reach. I'll have a go tomorrow though.
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perci
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| posted on 4/4/12 at 08:22 PM |
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column switch position
Hi Steve, we had similar problem, we moved and adjusted all the things we could find to achieve best position, safely,and to enable the self
cancelling for indicaters but column switches are still quite close to the dash,this is with dash mounted on face of scuttle. we fitted the adjustable
column from a saphire, im not sure what difference it would make fitting a fixed type, i would be interested in any sudgestions as i would still
consider moving ours to nearer the wheel, regards bec & pete (becs dad).
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JC
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| posted on 4/4/12 at 09:35 PM |
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You may also find that the crushable section is crushed - you can pull it back out to make it long again!
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40inches
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| posted on 5/4/12 at 07:23 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by SteveWallace
Does this adjustment change the distance between the steering wheel nut and the bottom end of the triangular section? If not then I cannot move it as
the triangular bit only just reaches the coupling that connects to the rack as is. Any further movement upwards/ outwards means that it will not
reach. I'll have a go tomorrow though.
The triangular section slides inside the column, they sometimes get pushed in and need pulling out (my first one pulled out nearly 200mm ) They are
sometimes very tight and need a bit of "persuading"
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SteveWallace
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| posted on 5/4/12 at 12:13 PM |
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I've had another look and the triangular bit is pulled out to its fullest extent. However, the alloy bracket that fixes the column to the
chassis was set as far up the column as possible (meaning that the column controls were as far forward as possible). Now that I think about it, I
remember adjusting it to that position myself ages ago so that the triangular bit would reach the universal joint linkage to the rack - my excuse for
not remembering yesterday is hypothermia from working in the garage in the snow! I didn't know at the time that it would put the controls so
close to the dash
I've now moved it all of the way to the other end of its range and the column controls are in a much better position relative to the dash.
However, as you can see in the attached picture, I'm going to have to make a longer connector between the column and the rack. Cutting an iron
bar to the right length and getting a couple of bits of welding done to hold the UJ's in place is a much easier fix than I thought I was going
to have to do though.
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40inches
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| posted on 5/4/12 at 12:41 PM |
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So near, yet so far. I cut the rod and welded in a tube that went the full length, to give maximum strength.
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NeilP
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| posted on 6/4/12 at 09:32 AM |
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Hi Steve,
Measure the distance from the front of your scuttle to the front of the chassis bar that runs across the bay and post it up - I''ll
measure mine (and I'm sure the other guys and gals will as well) just to check that your scuttle isn't too far back....
Cheers, Neil.
If you pay peanuts...
Mentale, yar? Yar, mentale!
Drive it like you stole it!
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SteveWallace
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| posted on 7/4/12 at 05:16 PM |
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Neil,
Thanks for the suggestion. Its 228mm from the back of the scuttle to the front edge of the bulk head panel, give or take a couple of mm for final
adjustment when I final fit the bonnet
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NeilP
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| posted on 8/4/12 at 11:58 AM |
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Mine is 229mm - given the 'generous' measurement tolerances of the Luego jigs that's fairly remarkable...
p.s. That weekend should be good - I'll let you know.
If you pay peanuts...
Mentale, yar? Yar, mentale!
Drive it like you stole it!
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