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Looking good mate I would love to have some of those tools you use problem is I don't have a shed
 
I have never seen such a colorful steering box before what box is it
 
Fram?! Just kidding, seems to be a lot of hate on them. But to each his own. I'm glad your back to posting, this is one of my favorite threads to follow.
 
chappohj47 said:
I have never seen such a colorful steering box before what box is it
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It's a Scout 2 box - I bought it off ebay from someone who had rebuilt a box for someone... the color was because of that non-buyer's request. I'm thinking of leaving it that color - gives the entire rig personality.

Mudder said:
Fram?! Just kidding, seems to be a lot of hate on them. But to each his own. I'm glad your back to posting, this is one of my favorite threads to follow.
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Meh, an oil filter is a bit of toilet paper in a metal can... oil, on the other hand, is something to get worked up about
 
Hi Super, what are you going to use for shock mounts? are you still going to pull the engine back out and hollow out the chassis engine bracket or leave them as they are?

Your certainly getting thru the build in quick time.
 
Just a heads up, and maybe you already know this, but before you finish installing your ps box, look into installing ports for ram assist. Then in the future if you ever decide to do ram assist its really easy to do. All you have to do is take the plugs out and hook up lines. With 40" tires you may decide to go that route at some point.
 
White Stripe said:
Just a heads up, and maybe you already know this, but before you finish installing your ps box, look into installing ports for ram assist. Then in the future if you ever decide to do ram assist its really easy to do. All you have to do is take the plugs out and hook up lines. With 40" tires you may decide to go that route at some point.
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I'm not convinced - not saying I can't be convinced - but putting another hole in a steering box seems like a bad way of doing this when I can rob the parts off a C3 Corvette and achieve the same thing... and as some of you know, I have a C3 Corvette which I took the power steering off (because they can leak and I don't need it on the car...)
 
I always picture a "Binky thinking" moment when I do this stuff... but no more for the passenger side, it's done




so here we go.... tentative place for steering box


or here


or maybe here


flatter?


front view


back to where I started


wait a minute how about I draw this out


so here's the deal, everything needs to move in parallel - the panhard bar will have to move with the steering rod, the steering arms need to move in parallel with the pitman arm... and to do that the pitman needs to be the same length as the steering arms and the pivot point of the steering box needs to be 90* and centered on the axle.... which simply isn't possible (axle travels on an arch, and the shock needs to go in the place where the steering box would reside).... so a compromise has to occur... so far, I'll move the box forward and tilt the pivot towards the rear/center of the axle... remember, the axle is travelling on an arch - and in my build, I'm going 4" up, 8" downward trave - so the true center has to be the mid-point of the typical suspension movement....as it's going down further than up, I have to cheat to the rear of the centerline... but not too much otherwise it will wander all over the road.... with 38-40" tires and link arms that are _____" long.... anyway, boring, but to get a vehicle to drive straight down the street or dirt road.... all of this to figure out where the tube for #1 cylinder is going to live.... fun, no?
 
Continuing on with the same story

I didn't like how the driver's side looked like the first time, so I cut it back apart


and started again


last night got here


unfortunately, these had to come out


and only one runs... story of my life.. in case any of you wonder why I need 5 off-road vehicles... there it is

finally starting to put this part together


so at the end of tonight


and I bought a 14 bolt for parts... yeah, I bought a 14 bolt rear end for parts for a dana 60... I know it seems like robbing speed parts from a 911 to made VW bug faster... but there is method to the madness
 
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driver's side is done


and I have the borgeson joint, so I can consider permanently mounting the steering box


now I can sell the rest - I've removed what I needed.


and starting here


I'm not going to call him out, but the machinist dialed up.025 off - which actually means he took .050 off. As you might imagine, it's a tad loose. oh well, this too I can fix, and encourages me to simply get another lathe then them mistakes will be all mine.

anyway, that's tomorrow's task
 
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