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Jon Ison

posted on 17/4/02 at 07:25 PM Reply With Quote
How Big is Yours.....?

don't get too excited......what size steering wheels you useing, and would you have gone bigger/smaller given the chance....

thanks in anticipation...Jon.


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David Jenkins

posted on 18/4/02 at 07:24 AM Reply With Quote
I'm using the original Sierra wheel until after the SVA, then I've got a nice 12" leather-bound one that's going straight on...






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Dunc

posted on 18/4/02 at 08:00 AM Reply With Quote
380mm, but hey, diameter isn't everything is it.

Yes it's the original sierra one till after the SVA. Or maybe till after stoneleigh, last year there was a pile of mountneys for only 2 or 3 quid each, they were a bit tattie but you can't knock that price, didn't have the adpaters though.

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JohnFol

posted on 18/4/02 at 09:26 AM Reply With Quote
On roughly the same subject, is a collapsable steering column part of the SVA? I have a column from a Mk II Escort but the book wibbles on about collapsable from Allegro / Nova's
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StuartA

posted on 18/4/02 at 11:33 AM Reply With Quote
John,

SVA states that:

"A vehicle may be assessed on its merits but will invariably require the steering column shaft to incorporate an arrangement of universal joints/ couplings and/or a collapsible tube/slider section that ensures displacement of the upper column is minimized"

There are other bits in there about collapsible columns too. We've taken ours from a Sierra, which I believe is pretty standard.

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David Jenkins

posted on 18/4/02 at 12:06 PM Reply With Quote
Just to cover as many options as possible, I have:

1. A non-braced bit of chassis in front of the steering rack (it protects the bottom of my radiator)

2. A pair of universal joints that displace the steering column by a few degrees

3. A joint that would collapse on impact (where the Sierra steering down-link joins the steering column)

4. A collapsible tube in the steering column

...I think I've covered all the angles!

Anyone who uses a Sierra column should have items 3 & 4, even if the angle in 2 is insufficient (as mine probably is)

My motto is to minimise the possibility of complaints in the SVA!






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theconrodkid

posted on 18/4/02 at 11:11 PM Reply With Quote
I had to get a colapsible boss for my wheel,watch those cheap wheels,there may be a reason for them being so cheap like not sva compliant
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