My chassis build

[geeman]

Originally Posted by deezee

My steering column sits further back. As its meant too. You'll need to make an extension to reach the UJ. I'm going to look through my build photos to show how I got around it.

really, it sits further back than what i took a pic of. Where did you all extend it from, and by how much. Thanks

(hope im not questioning too much )

[deezee]

Yeah, mine (which is an adjustable steering column) sits with maybe 100mm past the plate. Then the 1st section of the cut UJ bolts on, then the extension tube (around 400mm I think) then the other half of the UJ, that goes onto the steering rack.

[geeman]

Originally Posted by deezee

Yeah, mine (which is an adjustable steering column) sits with maybe 100mm past the plate. Then the 1st section of the cut UJ bolts on, then the extension tube (around 400mm I think) then the other half of the UJ, that goes onto the steering rack.

thanks, the picture is of great help!!

[Bonzo]

Heres a picture to give you a better idea



Best I could manage.

Feel free to admire all of the mess in the workshop

deezee

I noticed that you did exactly the same as me

EDIT

Before someone picks up on it, I know the safety washer has to sit on the plastic bush.
I have a new one that I will fit during the final assembly.

[geeman]

YAY... i fabricated a bracket for the steering and fitted that, i then spent some time trying to accurately measure the extension require and it came to just under 400mm extension. one thing that you may all object to me doing though is the fact that i used 25mm square tubing wiht a 2.5mm wall as that was the only suitable metal i had for it. There is a problem though, the extension seems to be hitting u2 and as it is square tubingwhen i turn the wheen when it gets to the right andgle on the edge of the square tubing, it pushes the extention away from u2., but it still turns freely, but it is touching u2, i can see from bonzos pic the coloumn is extremely close to u2, but mine is just about touching.

[geeman]

damn. just ran into abit of a problem, i dont have the keys atm, so anyone know how to disable the steering wheel lock without them

[deezee]

I'm afraid the only way I know involves a screwdriver and wrecks the lock.... misspent youth I guess.

[HandyAndy]

the little plastic collar needs to go further up the column than how you have it at the mo, this then sits inside the rubber grommet thing that is held in place by the hole in the plate CP16, these are available for £4 off ebay if you haven,t got one.
i have a few pics of how i extended my column down to the coupling on the steering rack,
i,ll find them & post them up.

and no you are NOT asking too many questions, thats the purpose of the forum, i would be lost without the answers of the lots of questions i,ve asked.

cheers
andy

[HandyAndy]

i,m too slow, precisely as the two above posts, thats how i did mine.

andy

[geeman]

Originally Posted by HandyAndy

the little plastic collar needs to go further up the column than how you have it at the mo, this then sits inside the rubber grommet thing that is held in place by the hole in the plate CP16, these are available for £4 off ebay if you haven,t got one.
i have a few pics of how i extended my column down to the coupling on the steering rack,
i,ll find them & post them up.

and no you are NOT asking too many questions, thats the purpose of the forum, i would be lost without the answers of the lots of questions i,ve asked.

cheers
andy

ok, so thats what the plastic collar was for, i was thiinking of hammering/cutting it off .

I really struggle to see where i would be without the almost instant help recieved from these forums . A BIG thanks to you all!!!!