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Does your pedal assembly and master stick through the floor?

Discussion in 'Brakes' started by raidmagic, Mar 5, 2022.

  1. raidmagic

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    Yeah, I'm familiar with the concept. What to do about it though? I'd like to think they considered this when designing their frames. Thoughts?
     
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    I’m not sure all manufacturers always think that far ahead! Having the steering box for example sticking down may not be that much a problem as the oil pan may hit the ground first. I remember instances when the steering arm stuck down. That scared the poop out of me thinking about hitting a speed bump or manhole cover and turning the steering wheel at speed! When the part is close to the axle you are not to bad.
    Had a person run a stop sign and hit my left rear tire and rotated the housing out from under the car and it sat down on the oil pan and dug about a 2 foot grove in the street with the drain plug! Stuff hanging down should be avoided at all costs! Sorry! End of rant!
     
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    I'll have to take a closer look at the mounting point and the scrub line.
     
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    Like I said, you will be the Engineer/Designer and if you forget about safety first, then you should have an ambulance follow you around if you build your own. Not the frame kits you buy as all that is figured into their designs.

    These cars are simple but if you go in blind without knowledge or experience, you will be headed for bad juju.

    It's when people want to make things different or their way without that knowledge or skills/experience that makes me want to stay away from that particular build.

    Safety first.
    Dependability second.
    Comfort third.
    Looks last.
     
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    Smart thinking, T-Test!!!
     
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    I didn't design any of this. I bought the frame all welded from RPM.
     
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    I hope you understand that we're trying to help, not accuse. I believe you can resolve this by having some conversations with Ron. Keep up the good work! And, yes, I have seen some unlikely-looking component mountings that worked just fine. Don't get discouraged.
     
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    From looking at the picture, it appears that there is very little clearance between the bottom of the steering box and the road! Maybe just to quell our fears, just measure the ground clearance. If there's plenty, we'll all be quiet!
     
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    I like the way California Custom Roadsters does their steering box if I weren’t going with rack and pinion on my project. To also makes the steering wheel angle a little less vertical which is closer to the normal angle of common cars.
     
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    To wit . . .

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    You always find the best pictures to make my ramblings make sense! Thanks Spanky!
     
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    I don't think raidmagic is using a Corvair steering box.
     
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    I just don't understand the I'm engineering this wrong when I didn't engineer it

    I have 5.5 inches from the bottom of the steering box to the ground. A little more to the bottom of the pitman arm and that goes up not down. If the tire were to come completely off and I was riding on rim I would have just at 1-1/4" from the bottom of the steering box to the ground. A little more to the bottom of the pitman arm.

    I appreciate you guys helping and wanting to make this a safe build, I want that too, I plan on putting miles on this thing.
     
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    See my response to Spanky, if you need something else measured let me know.
     
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    According to RPM it is a corvair box
     
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    Think you are good to go! The first pictures had a lot of us concerned! Don’t want hurt bucketheads if we can stop it!
     
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    Seems we found the answer. 5-1/2” is plenty of clearance.
     
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    And conversely, I don't want to be hurt lol.


    Thanks for the info everyone.
     
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    No sir you have a Vega box.
     
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    Yeah, I had that wrong, I figured that out when buying steering u joints. Thanks
     

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