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Steering coupling
I've got three universal joints on my steering. The top one is 21 years old from a sierra. The middle is 20 years old from an Escort . The bottom one that connects to the rack is 18 months old from Rally Design.
Guess which one is going in the bin. I bought the coupling more than a year ago so Rally Design won't replace it. I wish I'd checked it when I got it. Wasn't until last week that I finally connected all the steering up and found out how much play there is in the joint. I can't use it because I just can't trust it. So has anyone used an alternative joint from elsewhere? It was the sierra one to Escort rack and I can't find them anywhere else.
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Total cost so far Materials £3,150 Tools £855 Last edited by gaz05 : 3rd November 2012 at 11:41 PM. |
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Thanks Ozzy but I was hoping to find one that fits the triangular shaft so I don't have to re-do the steering. I think in the end I might just have to do that.
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I've bought a coupling from a Ford Ka. Much better quality than the Rally Design one and a cheaper as well. Fits the Escort rack perfectly.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FORD-FIEST...item4cf00fcf87 I had to make an adapter to go from the triangular shaft to the hexagon shape on the coupling but I'm much happier now The Rally design coupling I have here is new and unused and free to anyone who wants to pm me. It might do for mock up or use until you get something else.
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Total cost so far Materials £3,150 Tools £855 Last edited by gaz05 : 17th November 2012 at 12:22 AM. |
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Hi,
What was the problem with Rally Desing sierra to escort UJ exactly please ? I bought one myself, and the triangular bit was too small for the triangular sierra steering column shaft, and I had to bend it to make it fit, and I'm not happy with that. But what was your problem? Did it break? Thank you for more details.
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Sylvain
It just had a lot of play in the universal joint. So much that I felt I couldn't use it. It probably ammounted to 20mm play at the steering wheel. I was also annoyed that it didn't fit the Sierra column very well. This is how it looks at the moment
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