Questions on cross steering

[adey]

i need some advise ,
i am building a RHD chasis, and with a 350 chevy engine as the power plant, i have little room for the steering shaft, and can not fit the steering box by the bulkhead.
The steering box is a corvair as i need a rhd unit.
if i use this as cross steer , does it matter if the drag link is not parrallel to the tie rod?
does anyone make a straight steering arm?

will i need a panard rod, if so will this come frm the spring perch , or better from the other side of the chasis.?

re the tie rods arms what thickness of metal should i fabricate these from? 1/2 or larger?

best wishes Adrian.

 

[Cool32]

Hi Adrian, where abouts are you, to be building a RHD car, here in oz the smallest steering box to use is a Datsun 180B, but they are getting harder to come by. Like with any steering the more parallel you can get the drag link and tie rod the better. As for the panhard bar 'yes' and even more so if you have reversed eyes spring.
Ian

 

[adey]

Ian hi i am in England, i will have a look to see if there are any datsuns 180 on ebay ?

 

[bluefishNZ]

Adrian

This is how I did mine, project not finished yet so cant comment on how it drives or feels while driving. Its a datsun 180b box, Hope that helps.

http://www.possum.geek.nz/2009/06/d1_27.html

http://www.possum.geek.nz/2009/06/d1.html

http://www.possum.geek.nz/2010/03/steering-1.html

 

[adey]

guys no chance here on a datsun 180 so still looking,

 

[Cool32]

Adrian, also look at Datsun 120y or Sunny. I was looking at a T bucket on the weekend the identical mounting arrangement as bluefishNZ and the owner said he used a Datsun Sunny.
Ian

 

[adey]

Hi Bluefishgreat help, i am bidding on a suzuki steering box as this is all that i could find, and i will see how that fits in , i will also try your over the rail column as this should help.

tomorrow steering arms and ackermann angle to sort out.
adrian

 

[Cool32]

Adrian, This is the bucket I was looking at last weekend,it uses a Datsun Sunny steering box.

 

[adey]

great photo i am bidding on two suzuki steering boxes as the datsuns here are non existant, but they are very similar. i will be takingthe steering shaftover the top of the rail like the photo.

did the car run a panghard rod?

 

[adey]

cool32 just got my suzuki steering box. it looks identical to the datsun one in your photo, so fingers crossed for a few hours in the workshop the weekend

 

[Cool32]

Great Adrian, hope it works out fine for you, what model Suzuki is it from I'll see what's available here in OZ for our new project.
Ian

 

[adey]

its from a sj jeep this is smaller than the vitara i have also , but both use the same spline.both would work, but the sj has a straight pitman arm and the vitara a curved one. it was difficult here to locate what the spline was and ended up buying a complete steering shaft, just for the uj. i believe the jimmy shafts are the interchangable ones to use.