Really!!!! sub standard repair.
cheers Dave, very informative as usual.
On the pre'67 A Body the steering is all attached to the K frame so no need to do any chassis modifications (and no cracked chassis')
I mocked the steering rack into position and it looks like it'll work with a K frame mod for the brackets.
But what i'll also be doing is lowering the K frame slightly and moving it forward slightly. (and a small notch in the sump as the power rack is quite chunky.) The reason for lowering is it improves bump steer (plus gives me a little more room) and moving it forward i can gain more Caster at a sensible ride height.
i did some mock up testing on the Gold car to see what affect dropping the K frame and running with shorter steering links.
for this i knocked up a bump steer gauge.
and plotted the results
Up and down on the '0' Zero line would be perfect with no bump steer.
as you can see the standard set up was the worst in terms of steering change and the best was with just a K frame drop.
but as i'll be using a shorter steering link the Blue line is what i'll end up with which you can see has virtually zero bump steer one inch above and below ride height.
i will have to limit droop anyway as the rack steering arm cannot go as low as the original set up and i'm thinking small coil-over shocks to assist the torsion bars at full bump (i have the heaviest torsion bars fitted from factory as it had Aircon originally)
as for the Handbrake i have used all the original LHD stuff and mirror imaged the cables, mounting points, guides and under dash lever.
cheers Dave, very informative as usual.
On the pre'67 A Body the steering is all attached to the K frame so no need to do any chassis modifications (and no cracked chassis')
I mocked the steering rack into position and it looks like it'll work with a K frame mod for the brackets.
But what i'll also be doing is lowering the K frame slightly and moving it forward slightly. (and a small notch in the sump as the power rack is quite chunky.) The reason for lowering is it improves bump steer (plus gives me a little more room) and moving it forward i can gain more Caster at a sensible ride height.
i did some mock up testing on the Gold car to see what affect dropping the K frame and running with shorter steering links.
for this i knocked up a bump steer gauge.
and plotted the results
Up and down on the '0' Zero line would be perfect with no bump steer.
as you can see the standard set up was the worst in terms of steering change and the best was with just a K frame drop.
but as i'll be using a shorter steering link the Blue line is what i'll end up with which you can see has virtually zero bump steer one inch above and below ride height.
i will have to limit droop anyway as the rack steering arm cannot go as low as the original set up and i'm thinking small coil-over shocks to assist the torsion bars at full bump (i have the heaviest torsion bars fitted from factory as it had Aircon originally)
as for the Handbrake i have used all the original LHD stuff and mirror imaged the cables, mounting points, guides and under dash lever.
