Wytze Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 So , made a adapter plate for the p38 steering box. Tacked it on and mounted the box. Mounted it straight above the axle, but on a P38 it's in front of the axle. In my mind it's in a good place right now.. But, is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 Surely the axle can hit that? Bump stops compress so design it as if the bump-stop wasn't there and the axle could hit the chassis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wytze Posted April 14, 2020 Author Share Posted April 14, 2020 The axles are spring over. The bumpstop was at 100mm in the original situation. about 4 inches. If i lower the bumpstop to give the axle more travel, i can still go to 130mm without hitting anything. All i can see is that the front crossmember is sitting to low. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 I may being thick here, but won't that make it steer backwards? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wytze Posted April 14, 2020 Author Share Posted April 14, 2020 It's lhd. And it turns the right way🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon White Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 Should be in front of the axle. Position it so that the drop arm ends up in the same line as the original would have been. here is mine. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wytze Posted April 15, 2020 Author Share Posted April 15, 2020 Thank you, Jon. That does make sense. Will move it forward. Didn't start on the cooling yet, so i have the space to do that . Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigj66 Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 This is what I’m aiming for. Some additional info here too. http://www.expeditionlandrover.info/PowerSteering.htm#p38 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wytze Posted April 15, 2020 Author Share Posted April 15, 2020 Yep, spot on! I'm there to. On Defender axles. And made a test set of rods. On both front pitman arms. And did some tests. On 35's i can push it forward and backward on full lock. Just need to make a high steer bracket on the right swivel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snagger Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 That looks quite far aft. Mine is in a position similar to Jon’s, with the nose of the box housing just behind the rad panel. That worked out just right to use the P38 lower column with only an adjustment on its slip joint, no need for actual modification of the shaft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderzander Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 On 4/15/2020 at 8:40 AM, Jon White said: I’ve seen 4 of them done now - and all were done like yours. 2 S3’s, a 2a, and a lightweight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wytze Posted April 16, 2020 Author Share Posted April 16, 2020 Give or take a few mm , mine is about there to. With a defender upper colom. And a p38 lower without taking anything off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snagger Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 As long as the axle can’t hit the sector shaft end and the drag link clears the diff housing and suspension at all articulated positions, then I don’t think it’ll matter too much what the exact position is. You might end up with more or less bump steer or variations in the steering ratio from left to right with different locations, but these are not sports cars with precision steering, so any effect will be small and relatively unimportant, I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wytze Posted April 17, 2020 Author Share Posted April 17, 2020 Working on it with that in mind. And making it as strong as i can think of. Using M 20 rose joints with misalinement bushes. They will take M16 bolts. In my mind it will be strong enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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