Like Father Like Son

[ozzy1]

I built one of the old type also.Was good little project and no.1 loves it.Only problem i found was the old type used a wooden door knob for the steering wire to wrap around and it would slip so i extended the steering column and bent it round at 90' to form a hook and then drilled through the axle and put a u bolt there for the hook to locate and do the steering.

[HandyAndy]

Originally Posted by ozzy1

I built one of the old type also.Was good little project and no.1 loves it.Only problem i found was the old type used a wooden door knob for the steering wire to wrap around and it would slip so i extended the steering column and bent it round at 90' to form a hook and then drilled through the axle and put a u bolt there for the hook to locate and do the steering.

Cheers Ozzy,
I,m sat here right now reading the build manual
& I thought the steering mechanism was a little suspect so will be doing something similar to what you did to make it a more positive steering system.

I wonder what its self centering would be like , I,ve thought about putting a bungy cord ( under tension ) into the steering so that it will always self center . do you think that is worhwhile ?

cheers
andy

[ozzy1]

Iwouldnt bother as mines always turning the wheel to chase the other 2 buggers or the cat
Heres a pic also of a kiddie car from the shop that i copied the idea from,might make more sense than my explanation!!

[Headshot]

Originally Posted by ozzy1

I built one of the old type also.Was good little project and no.1 loves it.Only problem i found was the old type used a wooden door knob for the steering wire to wrap around and it would slip so i extended the steering column and bent it round at 90' to form a hook and then drilled through the axle and put a u bolt there for the hook to locate and do the steering.

This part is now changed to a rubber door stop and 2 LARGE washers, works a treat, no slip

[HandyAndy]

Originally Posted by Headshot

This part is now changed to a rubber door stop and 2 LARGE washers, works a treat, no slip

I spent an hour reading the instructions in depth today, got my head around it
Swmbo has even been out & bought our little lad a "Racing driver suit"

I best get cracking on it,
I suggested it should be tango orange like my car, wife says "silver & black stripe"

cheers
andy

[Headshot]

I tried to make mine like an old bentley