ed_crouch
|
| posted on 4/12/05 at 09:23 PM |
|
|
chopping the sierra steering rack
Chaps,
I have a sierra rack with the alloy outer tube (I understand some of them were steel??), and want to shorten it.
Does anyone know of where I could get the lathe work and possibly the tigging done in the Hampshire/Surrey/Berkshire area??
Anyone know of a good machine shop??
Ta.
Ed.
I-iii-iii-iii-ts ME!
Hurrah.
www.wings-and-wheels.net
|
|
|
|
|
gary gsx
|
| posted on 4/12/05 at 09:26 PM |
|
|
do you have too shorten rack if you chassis is wider??
|
|
|
Chippy
|
| posted on 4/12/05 at 10:48 PM |
|
|
Ed, dont know if this is near enough, "MRC Fabrications" near Chichester. Phone Mark on 01243775655, if he can't do it, he will
almost certainly know somebody that can. ATB Ray.
|
|
|
James
|
| posted on 4/12/05 at 11:33 PM |
|
|
quote:
Originally posted by gary gsx
do you have too shorten rack if you chassis is wider??
Yup.
You then extend the track rods! 
Cheers,
James
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses, behind the lines, in the gym and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights."
- Muhammad Ali
|
|
|
NS Dev
|
| posted on 5/12/05 at 02:48 PM |
|
|
I shortened a steel one for Joel on here a while back. I took some pics but then lost them.
If you ask him he'll post a pic I would think. No need for tig, I made a pretty nice job with the mig. Sierra rack doesn't use oil (only
grease) so no need to be oiltight. (and the sleeve is a press fit so when painted water can't get in either)
|
|
|
ed_crouch
|
| posted on 5/12/05 at 09:33 PM |
|
|
When you say you migged the ally together, I take it you used aluminium wire and funny gas??
Ed.
p.s. When I say "funny gas", I mean Argoshield heavy or something that Halfords wouldnt know about?!?
I-iii-iii-iii-ts ME!
Hurrah.
www.wings-and-wheels.net
|
|
|
andyharding
|
| posted on 5/12/05 at 09:34 PM |
|
|
Don't bother welding the alloy ones together. Just press them into a sleeve. Once bolted onto the chassis it can't go anywhere.
Are you a Mac user or a retard?
|
|
|
NS Dev
|
| posted on 6/12/05 at 01:39 PM |
|
|
quote:
Originally posted by ed_crouch
When you say you migged the ally together, I take it you used aluminium wire and funny gas??
Ed.
p.s. When I say "funny gas", I mean Argoshield heavy or something that Halfords wouldnt know about?!?
sorry, misread the original question!
I used a steel sierra rack, quite common on the late sierras.
As andyharding says though, no need to weld really, press fit and loctite will be fine, the pinion end of the rack is the bit that takes the key
stress.
|
|
|
rocket
|
| posted on 23/7/06 at 01:23 PM |
|
|
rack welding
if you need your ally rack doing and you can post it to notts give me a ring on 07720713885
rgds
Roger
|
|
|
