mr henderson
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| posted on 24/4/09 at 11:47 AM |
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Fitted a lower bearing to a Sierra column in a Locost
I’ve got an early MK Locost chassis in at the moment, needs quite a bit doing, I’ve decided to make sure I address all the IVA issues at an early
stage, and that included the steering column. A couple of Sierra units were supplied with the car, so I made one good one out of the two and then had
to see how well it would fit in the car.
I needed to put the mounting bracket on the inside of the column support in order to get the length right. The main problem was the 20mm holes in the
column mounting bracket. These were dealt with using some specially made nylon bushes (thanks Mike).
Then it was on to the lower mounting. I got a new Ford bush £2 plus vat, Inspired by a thread on the Robin Hood forum, I started looking for a
suitable bearing. The numbers given didn’t seem to ring any bells with bearing suppliers. I took the Sierra steering bush to my local bearing supplier
who showed me the main bearing part (didn’t have the mounting plates, but they could be ordered). Bearing itself £25 plus VAT!. I declined to
opportunity to be gouged, got googling again and found these at about £11 including VAT and next day postage
http://simplybearings.co.uk/shop/p22810/SBPFL205+Oval+2+Bolt+Pressed+Steel+Bearing+Housing+with+25mm+insert/product_info.html
Looks like this when it arrives
The Sierra bush is a push fit inside the bearing, and is secured with two grub screws
Trial fit
I will make a mounting/blanking plate after I have sourced a suitable pedal box, as I may well have to move the column slightly to suit.
John
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dinosaurjuice
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| posted on 24/4/09 at 12:06 PM |
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im liking that bearing shop  one to add to favourites...
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001Ben
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| posted on 24/4/09 at 12:13 PM |
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thats the same part that I fitted to my car a couple of weeks ago. It feels more robust now and seems to give a more positive feel.
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big_wasa
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| posted on 24/4/09 at 12:50 PM |
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I am going to get one for mine as it seems very stiff with the sierra bearing. I think it may have moved just a touch when I welded it up.
As for the big holes in the top I made some top hats out of a bit of brass bar.
edit
Just checked the plastic bearing and its very stiff hmm must order above bearing.
[Edited on 24/4/09 by big_wasa]
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cloudy
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| posted on 24/4/09 at 01:13 PM |
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I've used the same arrangement in mine, reduces play and friction too 
www.warnercars.com
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jabbahutt
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| posted on 24/4/09 at 01:50 PM |
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nice one, just placed an order as the tie wrap even though working seems a bit of a gash solution.
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hellbent345
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| posted on 24/4/09 at 04:16 PM |
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haha ordered one even tho i dont need it right now!
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jabbahutt
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| posted on 27/4/09 at 11:41 AM |
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brilliant service. Ordered 1 Friday afternoon at about 3:30 and it dropped through the letterbox first thing Saturday.
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stevegough
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| posted on 27/4/09 at 07:31 PM |
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Sounds good to me - not ready for it yet, but can't resist a bargain!
Luego Locost C20XE.
Build start: October 6th 2008.
IVA passed Jan 28th 2011.
First drive Feb 10th 2011.
First show: Stoneleigh 1st/2nd May 2011.
'Used up' first engine may 3rd 2011!
Back on the road with 2nd engine may 24th
First PASA mad drive 26/7/11
Sold to Mike in Methyr Tydvil 19/03/14
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hellbent345
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| posted on 28/4/09 at 08:16 PM |
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lol bet that place were like wow! we are getting a lot of orders for this part today! i also got mine saturday morning after ordering it friday (just
before my first post) excellent service
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eccsmk
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| posted on 28/4/09 at 09:36 PM |
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pleased i found this thread
ive just ordered one too
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mad-butcher
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| posted on 29/4/09 at 09:52 AM |
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No prob's with mine but ordered one to do the R1 or keep it ready for chris's single seater
tony
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mr henderson
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| posted on 29/4/09 at 12:59 PM |
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MB, I mentioned that it was an MK Locost for identification purposes, not to slag them off (I think you will find I have spoken in their defence
often).
Anyway, the Locost was not designed for a Sierra column, so my post was about how I fitted a Sierra unit as well as to let people know about the
bearings.
BTW -
YOUR PICTURES ARE TOO BIG!
jOHN
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mad-butcher
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| posted on 29/4/09 at 02:13 PM |
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John I didn't mean you, I meant the person that you were in discussion with when I posted about wozsher making wishbones for me, appologies if
you took it personaly again it wasn't meant at you
tony
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40inches
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| posted on 29/4/09 at 02:22 PM |
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Thanks for that Mr H Just ordered one. Wonder how many have faffed around with toe, tyre pressures, springs etc; when this is all it was????
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mr henderson
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| posted on 29/4/09 at 06:00 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mad-butcher
John I didn't mean you, I meant the person that you were in discussion with when I posted about wozsher making wishbones for me, appologies if
you took it personaly again it wasn't meant at you
tony
I must try not to be so defensive. Your pictures are still a little on the large side, though
John
PS If you've got Windows XP, try right clicking when looking at the pictures you want to upload. One of the options should be
'resize'
All you need to do is to click on resize, select 'small' and a resized copy will be automatically saved in the same folder, with (small)
added to the name. Then upload the small one
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jossey
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| posted on 9/9/10 at 01:00 PM |
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just ordered one.
thanks for the heads up.
dave j]
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