In the continuing saga of the silly old bastard trying stupid stuff out in the shop..
Mostly together. Clearancing the steering rack has been a bit of a PITA. I had to keep nibbling away at the side where the steering shaft goes to get enough room, without going too far. The rack had to come down far enough that the plane of the tie rods was in line with the A arm pivots (as well as centered, with the tie rod pivot points in line with the A arm pivot points, of course). If these angles and pivots aren't pretty damn close you will have bump steer problems. I
barely had enough room to make that happen.
steering rack clearancing 1 by
GySgtFrank, on Flickr
... and a shot of the steering rack sitting up against the mounting plate in it's proper position. As you can see, close, damn close.
steering rack clearancing 2 by
GySgtFrank, on Flickr
I still have to weld in the mounting studs for the rack and close up the gaping holes I made for clearance. I should be done with the steering rack at that point, ... I hope.
