v8ian
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May 16, 2019 13:50:21 GMT
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Just getting around to getting the steering sorted on my little van, bearing in mind, its modified everywhere, and for steering clearance its a touch tight in places, What I think I need is------- SOME SMALL DIA STEERING RACK BALL JOINTS, Any suggestions gratefully accepted
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Atmo V8 Power . No slicks , No gas + No bits missing . Doing it in style.
Austin A35van, very different------- but still doing it in style, going to be a funmoble
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May 16, 2019 14:13:11 GMT
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I used the ones from Car Builders Solutions.
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andyborris
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May 16, 2019 17:13:38 GMT
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What do you mean by ball joints? In the shaft or at the ends of the rack?
Last car I built (and I do mean last!) I used Escort joints in the shaft (from Rally Design) and rose joints on the rack, to move the bump steer point.
No problems at all with either.
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v8ian
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May 16, 2019 17:31:38 GMT
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What do you mean by ball joints? In the shaft or at the ends of the rack? Last car I built (and I do mean last!) I used Escort joints in the shaft (from Rally Design) and rose joints on the rack, to move the bump steer point. No problems at all with either. The joints on the end of the rack |
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Atmo V8 Power . No slicks , No gas + No bits missing . Doing it in style.
Austin A35van, very different------- but still doing it in style, going to be a funmoble
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andyborris
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May 16, 2019 20:01:51 GMT
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The Triumph 2000 had a lowered rack, this gave twitchy bump steer, so I used rose joints with a through bolt, bolted to the underside of the steering arm, cured the bump steer, worked without problems and looked cool...still working well today, in fact the car has just done the Triumph Round Britain Reliability run without problems.
A ball joint is just a cheap, easy to fit (on the production line) version of a rose joint, just use a lined rose joint and put a boot on it for durability.
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May 16, 2019 20:20:10 GMT
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Give Amsteer in Tamworth a call. They manufacture and recondition tie rod ends. Make custom items too.
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v8ian
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May 16, 2019 20:30:24 GMT
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The Triumph 2000 had a lowered rack, this gave twitchy bump steer, so I used rose joints with a through bolt, bolted to the underside of the steering arm, cured the bump steer, worked without problems and looked cool...still working well today, in fact the car has just done the Triumph Round Britain Reliability run without problems. A ball joint is just a cheap, easy to fit (on the production line) version of a rose joint, just use a lined rose joint and put a boot on it for durability. I have a few Rose joints kicking about, whats the best to use, Teflon lined, plastic or bronze lined.... and did you mount it single or double shear, I would think 10mm on a 12.9 grading would be sufficient |
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Atmo V8 Power . No slicks , No gas + No bits missing . Doing it in style.
Austin A35van, very different------- but still doing it in style, going to be a funmoble
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andyborris
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May 17, 2019 17:26:49 GMT
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I used a Teflon lined male joint, (only males available in the size I wanted), with a high angle spacer to cope with the strut movement and large spreader washers. The joint sizing was based on the bolt hole size in the steering arm, it was a big strong joint, not a bad thing! The joint was bolted to the underside of the arm with the spacer in between. I then had some threaded adaptor tubes made to attach the rods to the rack ends, I'd purchased joints that had a matching thread to the rack, with hindsight, I could've got the adaptor tubes made with different threads in each end, this would have allowed me greater flexibility in joint choice. A warning, the Triumph rack had some kind of case hardening on the rack shafts, but only on the threaded part. So, when I cut the arms shorter to accept the adaptors, the new thread I'd put on the ends wasn't hardened and failed! Luckily, I could use the shafts from a Spitfire, which were almost the right length! Did have photos, but Photobucket deleted them from my build thread, I may have copies on a disc somewhere.....! Here is a link to a Porsche race car specialist, this gave me the confidence to use Rose joints in my car! |
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andyborris
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May 17, 2019 17:29:43 GMT
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And I think it was single shear.....
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