Yesterday, 11:57 AM
(This post was last modified: Yesterday, 11:58 AM by Reckless Rat.)
Nice one, Dave. The railway approach is never subtle, but effective.
I have a similar adjuster on my steering box, but there is something worth remembering. If you set it up with no free play whatsoever, once you put it all back together the weight of the car will cause things to stiffen up. It's far better to have a little bit of free play at the steering wheel of about 1" at the rim and adapt to an Austin 7s somewhat vague directional acuity. This of course is assuming that everything else is properly adjusted and not worn, eg king pins, radius arms, shackle pins, track rod ends, drag link ball joints and spring bushes.
I have a similar adjuster on my steering box, but there is something worth remembering. If you set it up with no free play whatsoever, once you put it all back together the weight of the car will cause things to stiffen up. It's far better to have a little bit of free play at the steering wheel of about 1" at the rim and adapt to an Austin 7s somewhat vague directional acuity. This of course is assuming that everything else is properly adjusted and not worn, eg king pins, radius arms, shackle pins, track rod ends, drag link ball joints and spring bushes.