vega steering box

[putz]

Steering Box Steering Components Photo

Has anybody mounted a vega box this way? I am trying to get a better angle on my steering without buying a new box. Box is currently up by radiator.

 

[Hotrod46]

Putz

Are you asking if you can use a Vega box for side steering? If so, then the answer is yes, but not without some problems.

The pitman arm shaft on the box I used was not long enough to get a stock type pitman arm out far enough to clear the frame. I solved that by making an extended flange using part of the stock pitman arm. I bolted a custom pitman arm to the extension.

Another thing is that the arm needs to be pointing up to get the right direction on your drag link. You would need to reverse the box if you needed the arm to point down.

Hope this is what you were asking.

Mike

 

[akitagandy]

blownchebby has his this way

 

[Hotrod46]

Come to think of it, if you reversed to box the pitman arm may be long enough as is.

Mike

 

[Youngster]

here's a vega box that has been reversed. i have been told it's the same procedure as a 'vair box.

Ron

 

[EX JUNK]

Putz, could explain what you mean by "a better angle." Do you want the steering wheel more vertical like conventional rods or more horizontal like some T's. (That is where the column is more vertical.) Also, do you want side steer or cross steer?

Jim

 

[GAB]

This Vega is unreversed and is mounted with the pitman arm pointed up. The pitman arm is curved to clear the upper 4 bar's rear mounting. Sorry, not a very good photo.

 

[Todd]

Reversing the vega box should be the same as the tech article on the Holden. They look like mirror images of each other.

 

[LumenAl]

Wow... I thought he was talking about this cross steer setup...

 

[RPM]

This Vega is unreversed and is mounted with the pitman arm pointed up. The pitman arm is curved to clear the upper 4 bar's rear mounting. Sorry, not a very good photo.

I make a really nice bracket that will weld in under the chassis and mount the box this way. I'll hunt a picture of it for you. We sell a lot of them to the local chassis builders.

 

[RPM]

Here is that Vega mount. It welds in under the frame.

 

[putz]

My column comes out at a low angle and by moving box back I hope to be able to get a better angle. To fit my 6'1" body under the steering wheel.Currently column goes through the firewall then another shaft goes to box.If I get more angle the way it is mounted now I think ujoints will bind.
Ron how much for the bracket do you think this will help?

 

[RPM]

Sounds like if you move the steering box back then it will tilt the column up and give you more room. the bracket is $35.00 plus shipping.

 

[LumenAl]

Let's see if I can get the picture up instead of the

My column comes out at a low angle and by moving box back I hope to be able to get a better angle. To fit my 6'1" body under the steering wheel.Currently column goes through the firewall then another shaft goes to box.If I get more angle the way it is mounted now I think ujoints will bind.
Ron how much for the bracket do you think this will help?

Weird... The image was there an hour ago... gremlins I tell ya!

 

[Ted Brown]

Let's see if I can get the picture up instead of the

I have a great cure for binding steering U joints, stagger them 90 degrees to each other, not even like a drive shaft.. They will work at a much steeper angle with no binding... I have been doing this for years, funny that others are not doing this, as I see them adding another U joint set to get a bit more angle???

 

[EX JUNK]

Check out this link for BORGESON, one of the largest suppliers of steering shaft components. U-JOINT ORIENTATION It gives you u-joint orientation and angle of operation.

Jim

 

[putz]

Maybe I will try and get a little bit more angle out of column first thanks for all the input.

 

[Ted Brown]

Rules are to be broken, otherwise we would not be where we are today.. Like I said, I have been using U joints this way for YEARS with no ill effects, show me where it is wrong in a case of failure, I have tested this to the max, on many different types of cars, no problems as yet, and I am OLD

 

[dave kreis]

I wish speedway would contribute to this site i am having a real pain mounting my vega box i bought with their prewelded kit its tight

 

[RPM]

I wish speedway would contribute to this site i am having a real pain mounting my vega box i bought with their prewelded kit its tight

Dave posts some pics, surely someone on here has done it before or could share some light.