I don't entirely understand either, but I can vouch that, for the 'cam and
peg' steering such as used on TR2-3, the cam has the opposite twist for LHD
cars than for RHD cars.
The only thing I can see is that, when converting from RHD to LHD, perhaps
you have to switch the steering box so that the steering column moves to
the other side of the pitman shaft...
Randall
On Monday, August 09, 1999 11:26 AM, Barry Schwartz
[SMTP:bschwart@pacbell.net] wrote:
>
> >when I drove it the steering wheel turned opposite of the wheels.
> *************************************************
> (The above in reference to swapping components to switch driving sides on
a
> [British] vehicle.)
> Unless the above was said tongue in cheek (and I didn't get it, as I
> sometimes am a little dense :-}), and/or the vehicle in question didn't
> have rack and pinion steering, I fail to see how this could happen.
> Unless you flipped the rack upside down (which wouldn't be wise, :-} and
> frankly I don't see how things could line up CORRECTLY, mechanically), if
> it WAS rack and pinion, it wouldn't matter which side of the "rack" the
> pinion operates, the motion transmitted would be the same. Changing just
> the pinion gear wouldn't be necessary or even accomplish anything other
> than replacing a possibly worn out part, but changing the whole steering
> rack assembly might. Did I miss something important (like the punch
line)??
>
>
> Barry Schwartz (San Diego) bschwart@pacbell.net
>
> 72 FI, V6 Spitfire (daily driver)
> 70 GT6+ (when I don't drive the Spit)
> 70 Spitfire (long term project)
>
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