Steering suggestions
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I have the same setup as well, ranger body on fullsize chassis, plus I have an additional problem, my motor is mounted with engine plates and I use fenderwell headers, and the motor plates mount right were a stock box sits. and I would have a very hard time getting the steering shaft form the column to the box with the headers in the way, my steering shaft now JUST fits,
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From: Alberta
This is basically what he has, the ram is a little diffrent though. Looks like a normal double ended hyudralic ram:
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I just didn't think a system like that would have enough pressure to turn the wheel. I don't really care about pushing rock out of the way, I just want to be able to move it when the wheels are spinning/moving.
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I just didn't think a system like that would have enough pressure to turn the wheel. I don't really care about pushing rock out of the way, I just want to be able to move it when the wheels are spinning/moving.
I'd be very interested to see what kind of pressure this system would put out with no pump at all (fully manual system). It may be just what you need to steer while moving. I'm sure it would totally suck for low speed, etc. but as long as you can steer while WOT thru the pit then who cares? It would by far be the lightest, simplest to mount and just run the hoses wherever you can.
You could increase the leverage it puts on the wheels with longer steering arms if needed...
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Karl, I made 8 passes on the weekend and the steering worked great, I don't see any rubbing of the shaft on the headers or the headers on the coil buckets(both spots are close,1/8" on each side)the motor plate keeps the engine from rocking in the frame. it was a pretty smooth track though
Steve
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no offense but I dont like that. I have no reason or experience to back it up but it just doesnt look right to me. The shaft angle is pretty extreme.
thats about all Ive got.
Great build otherwise.
thats about all Ive got.
Great build otherwise.
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no offence taken, I had no real plan for the steering when I started, I took off all the stock steering to mount the motor and said (I'll worry about the steering later) when I got the motor in and the header on I didn't have much to work with, that shaft doesn't go striaght to the rack its attached with another ujoint mounted to a pill block on the frame thats attached to the stock steering shaft form the explorere that has another ujoint in it, as well as the slip yoke(as the rack is mounted on the axle)it held up fine this weekend, only time will tell
Steve
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Thats how the guy that runs the local bog has his on his s-10 blazer. From a normal standpoint, the angles are way extreme for any useful steering on the trails, but in our world of limited turning radius and quick turn steering setups, 3/4 turn of the wheel in either direction and you are turning from lock to lock, so it end up being the normal for mud racing.
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no its not ideal, but the steering did work flawlessly this weekend, 8 200' passes with no problems, mind you it was only 1 weekend, and as I stated we run straight pits with very little mud, its almost a sand or dirt drag, more then a mud drag,
Steve
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I was at the special events Jamboree last year in Vermont with it, if you were there, got my a@$ kicked in class 3, did have a different motor then and the doors weren't lettered yet, still had fun thourgh. they wouldn't let me run class 2 because my box is just 2 box sides.
Steve
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From: St George, SC I-95