Jim;
Think about the bump steer you might get with any type of steering
setup. That pretty well rules out some approaches.
Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
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From: owner-land-speed@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-land-speed@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Jimwprice@aol.com
Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2006 11:12 AM
To: land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: steering LSR only
In the off season I have lowered the engine and moved it back which
forced
me to change the stock 82 S 10 idler arm type steering. I was going
to go
with the early type of steering in which one radius rod is between the
two
steering arms and the pitman arm is tied to the passenger arm. My
partner said
it wouldn't work but gave no reasons other than he is smarter than I.
This
is true but I needed more information than that before I would be
convinced,
so I ignored him. Today, Duane Cole of DC Waterjet dropped by to
look at
it and also said it wouldn't work and gave good logical reasons. He
also is a
lot smarter than I. He says you have to use either a solid axle or no
suspension for this to type of steering to function. Returning to the
idler arm
set up would be a major pain. He suggested a rack and pinion. Has
any one
else made the same mistake (single radius rod and independent
suspension)
that I did and what happened?
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