Have a look at this guys steering

Just waiting for a spreadsheet to finish calcing and found this:

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/1929508

Freaky steering

Karl

 

Rack and pinion. Wonder what from?

 

Rack and pinion is suppose to go straight to spindals. Bet that has some major strain on it. Wonder how long it would last before the rack case breaks.

 

Is that a rack & pinion or a hydraulic setup, the rack & pinion in my Dakota looks nothing like that setup. I have never seen one that only protrudes from one end.

 

the PO of mine put a rack n pinion setup in mine. i have wheeled the $h!t out of it with no problems yet. i am going to be switching over to power soon though

 

I believe that is a modified rack. I wouldn't trust it.

 

Erik we want pictures of your rack & pinion setup. I personally wouldn't trust the unit in the post above for 10 minutes let alone take it to the woods and wheel it someplace like Tellico. The one pictured would have some god awful bump steer.

 

Interesting engine/trans swap, motor from an Audi linked to a five speed to a D18. Anyone have eny experience with something like that?

 

i have pics somewhere, let me look around for them. im not sayinbg that it is a good setup, but im just saying that it has worked for me so far with no probs. i am swapping over to power steering and will be taking the current setup out though

 

lets see if these work

 

nope i guess not, not sure why they are not working

 

Let's see if this works:

 

they work fine for me.

JB

 

i have red x's here, can anyonelese see them

 

Nope I don't have anything.

 

I had to copy/paste the url to get it.
Keith

 

I hope that spring hanger setup was only for fitting. Kinda of a cool conversion with the Audi engine. I have a 1.8l here if anyone is interested in doing a similar conversion. I also like the top.

 

Re: Have a look at this guys steering. Heck what about his trans.

This is not a hi-jacking and I'm with Brad. 5 spd. O.D. transmission? What a nice small package and it bolted to our Spicer 18. Get ride of the big belhousing and run our 225 V6's. Sweet! How do we get a transmission like that? I've been trying for years to find out about a T-90 4 spd. they have in that hemisphere.

 

I dont get it. How is your rack and pinion set up Dauntless Powered? Is it attached to your front diff?

Karl

 

karl,

yes, that is the weakest link in my setup, the PO welded a bracket right to the front of the pumpkin. i have to take the steering apart just to get in the diff. that is one of the reasons i am changing it out