Steering and ROSE joints

[Dennis Nicholas]

Hi Dennis,

Drag link is the tube between the steering box and the arm on the axle.
I have drilled and tapped 1/4 BSF into both end caps of my drag link and use a machine screw and lock nut.
this is cheap easy and will limit the amount the springs in the caps will move.
My steer loads up in hard cornering.
If you turn the steering with the car stationary does the front of the car move from side to side.
If you turn left does the front move to the left, 
If it does then when on the road you are fighting the weight of the front of the car as you turn.




Best of luck Richard

That was what I did but also with thin nut welded on ends because I felt cap was too thin to take the strain. First effort no good because bolt fouled steering box drop arm......welded nut ground down till clearance achieved.  I would just like to make it a better looking and engineered device.

Steering loading up.......have you tried Mollyslip mixed into lubricant ....or better still 10% SYNIONIC  Anti Friction Metal Treatment (AFMT). A genuine working product....I have the lab reports proving it.

Front movement.......It is all in bits at moment!! and don't remember how it reacts........one damper end fixed to axle without link.

On 15 inch wheels at 70+ on motorways It is quite steady...at 80+ (on continental roads of course) still ok.......On 19 inch (as used when doing MCC trials)......a bit scary even at legal 60mph.

My first Nippy converted to Bowden IFS (twin springs) was a transformation (16 inch wheels then)  The nice man at Bowden in Devon did me a set of photos of their "drawings"

Dennis