04-10-2020, 11:16 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-10-2020, 12:36 AM by Tony Press.)
"The steering box is attached to the chassis by 2 vertical bolts and the horizontal brake pedal pivot. This ensures a good steady mounting. With a wedge the horizontal attachment is missing, so the steering box is only attached to the top of the chassis with the two 5/16" bolts. This also meant that the steering box was rather wobbly, although you could probably brace it in some other way."
David - I hesitate to disagree but on my original Austin 7 chassis the wedge which my father made for me was held to the chassis with two bolts down and one on the side replacing the brake pivot while the box was held by two bolts down and the brake pivot on the side ?
I didn't alter the drag link.
The wedge is still fitted to the Flood built Austin 7 Meteor which is being (slowly) restored in country Victoria 60 years later
David - I hesitate to disagree but on my original Austin 7 chassis the wedge which my father made for me was held to the chassis with two bolts down and one on the side replacing the brake pivot while the box was held by two bolts down and the brake pivot on the side ?
I didn't alter the drag link.
The wedge is still fitted to the Flood built Austin 7 Meteor which is being (slowly) restored in country Victoria 60 years later