Andrade Posted December 21, 2009 Author Report Posted December 21, 2009 I went to buy a 5" long piece of hexagonal iron bar 2cm wide (the rods are about 1cm wide). Now I gave the steering rack to a guy who will be shortening the rods by 12mm from each side and using 2" of hexagonal bar per side as a sleeve. It should be ready by next week. I'll keep you guys posted, and thanks for everyone who helped me out on this one
cjay2004 Posted December 21, 2009 Report Posted December 21, 2009 how come u didnt just cut the rod & rod ends in the end???
Andrade Posted December 22, 2009 Author Report Posted December 22, 2009 how come u didnt just cut the rod & rod ends in the end??? Well for no big reason really, just to keep the rod ends as a whole as they are a 'consumable' part. If I ever have to change them I can just screw in the standard part without having to cut it again.
Andrade Posted December 26, 2009 Author Report Posted December 26, 2009 Ok so this morning i went to pay a visit to the guy who will be modifying the steering rack for me. he says that he can add welding the the non-threaded part of the rod, then smooth it out and continue adding thread to that. As it's close to what i had in mind to do initially we agreed to go around that road - it should be ready by monday, so i'll keep you posted hope everyone had a great christmas day!
birdy Posted December 27, 2009 Report Posted December 27, 2009 sounds like the best idea yet. Sometimes the easiest solutions get overlooked. It will look like the rods haven't been modified, cool. Will have to come and have a look when i eventually get over to malta again.
Andrade Posted December 27, 2009 Author Report Posted December 27, 2009 sounds like the best idea yet. Sometimes the easiest solutions get overlooked. It will look like the rods haven't been modified, cool. Will have to come and have a look when i eventually get over to malta again. sure pm me on here if you'll be coming i'll take you a tour round our garage
Andrade Posted December 28, 2009 Author Report Posted December 28, 2009 So I just got the rack back and went to mount it straight away. Basically he thickened the rod with welding, smoothed it out and added thread over it. The result is very neat and you cannot tell that it has been modified at all. With this out of the way the front end of my estate is officially complete the last target for 2009 is reached
birdy Posted December 29, 2009 Report Posted December 29, 2009 Made a nice job of that, looks totally stock and really neat. Lesson learnt for all of us i think
Andrade Posted December 30, 2009 Author Report Posted December 30, 2009 Made a nice job of that, looks totally stock and really neat. Lesson learnt for all of us i think The beauty of forums
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