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Author: | geeksteve [ Thu Feb 18, 2021 11:55 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Steering Shaft/Knuckle - Lower - FAM1718 |
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Didn't know any dolys had the horn button in the steering wheel.
Almost like it was just a joke or something..
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Author: | GrahamFountain [ Thu Feb 18, 2021 12:39 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Steering Shaft/Knuckle - Lower - FAM1718 |
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Didn't know any dolys had the horn button in the steering wheel.
Almost like it was just a joke or something..
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Author: | Carledo [ Thu Feb 18, 2021 2:27 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Steering Shaft/Knuckle - Lower - FAM1718 |
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Didn't know any dolys had the horn button in the steering wheel.
Almost like it was just a joke or something..
All the small chassis cars have the horn push in the steering wheel (with the exception, I think, of the 1500 Spit) and need some sort of earth connection across the lower coupling, which, IIRC, originally comprised a cable between the 2 clamp bolts. Also a second, oft mislaid, earth for the (rubber mounted) rack body. Whereas the Dolomite range mostly has it's horn push on the indicator switch and switched power, rather than the switched earth of the Herald et al. Though i'm not sure how the 1300FWD one works. Apologies if I'm teaching Granny to suck eggs here! Steve |
Author: | Robert 352 [ Thu Feb 18, 2021 9:34 pm ] | ||
Post subject: | FAM1718 - longer bolts required | ||
James A very timely topic for I have several knuckles sitting here on my bench all waiting for me to rebuild. Each has a centre disc which measures 0.230, close to ¼ and certainly not 3/16. I would be most interested in sourcing some longer bolts, longer than the one measured here, 0.9845 or near enough to 1 inch for then I would rebuild mine, Loctite the threads and then wire them as was originally done. Robert
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Author: | Richard the old one [ Thu Feb 03, 2022 9:42 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Steering Shaft/Knuckle - Lower - FAM1718 |
Hi James. I did start a response but I then read your question again and I need more time to respond as it is getting too late. |
Author: | jedo [ Thu Feb 03, 2022 10:03 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Steering Shaft/Knuckle - Lower - FAM1718 |
Hi Richard, your previous post about magazine 203 is a good place to start, will have a read. At very,east, you’ve made me sequence my Dolly mixtures to find it! |
Author: | Carledo [ Fri Feb 04, 2022 4:05 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Steering Shaft/Knuckle - Lower - FAM1718 |
Looking at the picture, my first move would be to wire brush (or wire wheel) the paint off the new intermediate shaft splines. Gotta be good for a few thou, just in paint! Steve |
Author: | jedo [ Fri Feb 04, 2022 7:47 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Steering Shaft/Knuckle - Lower - FAM1718 |
Thanks. Will try that this weekend. Clever me, thought I’d take it for an MOT to check the brakes work I did in December and it fails the UJ. Now it’s a grey area to whether I can use it… |
Author: | jedo [ Tue Feb 08, 2022 11:15 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Steering Shaft/Knuckle - Lower - FAM1718 |
So end result. New UJ intermediate shaft fitted to original coupling. New coupling just would not mate. In response to the above question, part was ordered from a reputable triumph supplier but I do question the accuracy/quality of the part. 2+ hours trying to make it mate with the UJ and in the end, the original one slid on nicely…. |
Author: | cliftyhanger [ Wed Feb 09, 2022 7:06 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Steering Shaft/Knuckle - Lower - FAM1718 |
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Thanks. Will try that this weekend.
I don't think it is a grey area. To be used you need to declare the car is roadworthy, but you know the steering joint is in need tof replacement. I suppose if you hadn't taken it for an MoT you could argue that you were not aware (but the symptoms are pretty obvious).Clever me, thought I’d take it for an MOT to check the brakes work I did in December and it fails the UJ. Now it’s a grey area to whether I can use it… This is where mot exemption falls down. People not wanting the car MoT'd because it might fail. Please do not take this personally, it is a general moan, and teh number of old cars that are simply not fit for the road. Once yours is fixed, you could get it re-mot'd or just continue using it as faults now corrected. FWIW steering joints are the bane of my life. I have a Witor UJ on my spit, or did. But that started moving on teh rack splines, and would not tighten. So I have polybushed a standard joint for now, but I think it is wear on the rack splines, and the UJ type would not tighten as much as the original type. |
Author: | jedo [ Wed Feb 09, 2022 7:04 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Steering Shaft/Knuckle - Lower - FAM1718 |
Whilst I do not wish to inevitably re-open a can of worms on whether you should or shouldn’t mot a car, I personally want peace of mind that a professional has checked my work. Pass MOT certificate received yesterday. The challenge of old car and new parts not quite fitting perfectly, but I suppose that’s why we love them classics! So in the end, new UJ fitted to old coupling (as that was still ok and fitted) |
Author: | Carledo [ Wed Feb 09, 2022 9:21 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Steering Shaft/Knuckle - Lower - FAM1718 |
Quote: FWIW steering joints are the bane of my life. I have a Witor UJ on my spit, or did. But that started moving on teh rack splines, and would not tighten. So I have polybushed a standard joint for now, but I think it is wear on the rack splines, and the UJ type would not tighten as much as the original type. On the subject of the pressed joint, these were originally sold as a replacement (or a rally upgrade) for Ford Escort RWD models. But it's well known (to me at least) that the MKI Escort was largely imperial in it's dimensions and the MKII was almost entirely metric. Is this a case of the difference between 1/2" and 13mm? The Witor joint is all Triumph and most decidedly imperial, so less room for doubt. Steve |
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