jai_landrover
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Andy66 or anyone that knows, Off toipc I know and Mods please put this somwhere (mabe a hybrid section?) I'm trying to sort out the steering on my 80 inch. Problem is its an 80 inch with an old Rover car power steering box which has a long input shaft compared to rover PAS. Which leaves me in a predicament I'm using a 90 steering column (quite short) but with the shortest rod I can find and small UJ's to connect the bottom of the column to the PAS it makes the steering wheel in an awful position. being an 80 its not doing me any favours. Normally I would get my bro to cut and reweld the shaft with his huge industrial welder and then use his lathe to machine it down but ARC rules state:
"B.6 Steering and axles.
B.6.1 steering linkage rods may be sleeved or have extra material bolted to them for additional strength. Any sleeves must be made in such a way that they can easily be removed at scrutineers request to enable examination of the contained part(s). (For the avoidance of doubt, steering gear parts may not be welded after original manufacturer.)
The other option I have it to get 2 shafts and machine them in half down the length of them on my bro's milling machine then bolt them together to make a complete shaft but I think thats a not too cleaver way of doing it. If it was welded and done propperly opposed to some hobby welder jobbie it would be far superior Any suggestions welcome!
Cheers Jai
"B.6 Steering and axles.
B.6.1 steering linkage rods may be sleeved or have extra material bolted to them for additional strength. Any sleeves must be made in such a way that they can easily be removed at scrutineers request to enable examination of the contained part(s). (For the avoidance of doubt, steering gear parts may not be welded after original manufacturer.)
The other option I have it to get 2 shafts and machine them in half down the length of them on my bro's milling machine then bolt them together to make a complete shaft but I think thats a not too cleaver way of doing it. If it was welded and done propperly opposed to some hobby welder jobbie it would be far superior Any suggestions welcome!
Cheers Jai
