Oh no!! Cutting stuff up again!

Crusty gets steering! had to chop up a new mustang II rack and pinon and shorten it 4.5 inches so it would work in the K30 street strip Corolla. run into all kinds of issues and things had to be cut up again!

[@tylerbarrett6652]

You know, Fitzee, the guy who runs the channel Fanatik Builds is working on a similar project... and about a year ago he did a video where he explained ALL of the pertinent motions and angles when it comes to steering. He seems a bit too young to be so knowledgeable, but as it turns out he had to learn it all as he was doing it. If you haven't seen that build series, I strongly recommend it. I like it better than the Binky build... and better than Home Built by Jeff projects. It's REALLY good. I love what you are doing... I wish there were 100 channels like yours and these other two, but as it is I have to find the patience to wait for the next installments on the projects. You are uploading the most videos at the moment, and I can't thank you enough for sharing this journey with us. I can't wait to see how it all comes together.

[@brianhaw9398]

Fanatic builds is an excellent project. Very smart young man and his father!👍🇨🇦

[@hickeyskustomresto]

I'll second that. Another great build, he explains stuff pretty well too.

[@clark7117]

With an excellent mentor, an apprentice could eventually become the mentor. He could have been turning bolts along with his family since he popped out of the womb.

[@PaintmanJohn]

WOW. BEST TUTORIAL on BUMP STEER I have ever seen demonstrated. YOU are a MASTER.

[@MichaelSmith-br1qe]

HEY, I 'M VISION IMPAIRED AND I LOVE WATCHING YOUR VIDEOS OVER AND OVER. I STARTED MY 56 CHEVY 3100 AND LOST MY SIGHT, SO I ENJOY WATCHING UP CLOSE TO LEARN HOW TO SHAPE PANELS. A FEW MORE SURGERY'S AND I THINK I'LL HAVE A LITTLE MORE SIGHT SO I CAN START AGAIN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR VIDEOS. MIKE

[@garypease7414]

Impressive. And how you never say, "I hate this part," is even more so. Great job, sir.

[@geoffreymills9932]

That was a brain teaser getting all the geometry right, great work Tony

[@hickeyskustomresto]

This is the most simplified but well explained how to position the rack video ever. Thanks for sharing this Fitzee 👍

[@strikingwelds]

The chassis notch time lapse was just exquisite! Roll on the crusty build !

[@faroironandcustoms6577]

Fitzee making motor sounds in Crusty!! I almost fell out of my chair!!!!!! LOL Good one Tony!!

[@ronwalsh]

Another excellent episode. Kind of blew my mind with all the settings you had to figure out. Great to see kitty inspector keeping you on your toes.

[@terrencebuller7676]

Hello Fitzee, thank you for explaining how bump steer works. Always learning new things from your program. Thanks again. Take care 👍

[@Legacy4x4andOffRoadYT]

seeing Fitzee happily sitting in the front is the wholesome warmth Im looking for :)

[@goptools]

Hi Tony. Nice progress on Crusty. Very good explaination of bump steer, which is a hard subject to wrap your head around (at least that's how its been for me). Good to have a machinist friend for those tough situations where you need a mill or lathe but don't have one. Thanks for the video!

[@user-js4vh2lw6n]

Fantastic video Tony! Having never built a car I never would have dreamed that there would be that much to a rack and pinion setup.

[@davidgrason161]

I agree. I've dealt with the old air cooled VWs for years but they have an entirely different trailing arm set up that eliminates virtually all of the bump steer probs. This video has been a super eye opener and the old VWs are not my only passion. This is very good information

[@minnesotatomcat]

It’s nice to see somebody else struggle with shit, I just can’t do it all myself 😂

[@byronperry6014]

I like how thorough, and willing to change plans that you are.

[@YootubeUK]

Excellent job (and tutorial!) I remember looking into steering for an independent front end years ago and as I remember it with a straight line scribed through the 2 wishbone pivots, the rack "should" have the ball joint in the same plane. Brave too narrowing a rack where most people would just play around with steering arm length. Narrow cars + V8's = a frequent pain getting the column in there too! Well done sir!

[@19dd57chv]

As always, another well executed and detailed video with great tips and tricks! It was also good to see inspector "Peanut" checking up to make sure you done things right, at the end. lol

[@bradwolfgang1037]

Best video yet in your series. Doing the same problem solving and design process with a ‘75 Dodge D100 pickup and installing Dakota rack & pinion install. EXCELLENT logical process, Best I have seen yet on any internet or “resto mod TV shows” this is REAL engineering and design development. GREAT WORK. 👍👍👍👍

[@dinxsy8069]

Quality stuff seeing the technical development prior to the fully built car then to have issues, so many people slap things together then try to compensate for their wrong doings trying to cut corners.

[@MyKARSShop]

Great video. Love that you showed the details about eliminating bump steer. Tedious. But worth it.

[@waynegilling6048]

great job young fella. I have used almost every type of steering there is and still prefer the R&P. The last one I used was from an AMC car and it was easy to remake. Keep the videos coming. appreciate them and your work.

[@vortexgen1]

I love it when Fitzee makes car noises for Crusty.

[@fonhollohan2908]

Lots of projects requires us to simple walk a way and Tackle it another day. When your get too stress out over having to do things over and over again. Such is life unfortunately. Nevertheless, Tony, It Looks as though you finally nailed it on the alignment..well at least now you don't have to go with a bump steer kit which is what you wanted, so Congrats Tony I think you finally got this.

[@nobodyspecial6436]

You bring a whole new meaning to the term “custom”…. Absolutely nothing fazes you… 👏👏👏👏I wish i was blessed with half the patience and quarter of the knowledge you have…

[@wheelieking71]

Excellent video Tony! Showing the actual science, explaining the geometry, AND above all, the work in the trenches is a fantastic contribution to the car culture. May more cars come "out of the dig" in a straight line thanks to this great video.

[@harrytaylor6854]

That was a job sir always enjoy your video's nice to have that done with .Well done sir Tony thank you

[@jacquespoirier9071]

To avoid bump steer, the best way is to align the center of the ball of the inner tie rod end ( at the end of the rack ) with the axis of rotation of the lower control arm, that way, there is no relative movement between the tie rod and the control arm as the wheel bumps so the wheel direction remains stable in regatd to the movement of the control arm. you done a very good job on the designing of the steering system for that car.

[@donaldhalls2189]

Great job, looks like it should work a treat, thanks for sharing, all the best to you and your loved ones

[@kazzxtrismus]

this is the technical mumbo jumbo im looking for...thanks Fitze!!

[@racerx12003r]

Excellent job. I always say that its the details that get you in any job. I'm like you are. a perfectionist. i know i have been out and measured parts over and over and over trying to find that exact perfect alignment. My wife says its crazy, but it would bug me till the end of time if i knew it wasn't right. Thanks for sharing your adventures in building

[@michaelvandenhoy1021]

That was alot of explaining. I will have to watch this video again. Thank you.

[@michaelanderson3771]

This is an extremely helpful video Fitzee. Very well explained and precise. So helpfull.

[@jorgefernandez-mv8hu]

That was very interesting to watch and learn how to do it. Nice Job!

[@klmorris1576]

this one makes my head hurt. I am glad you could figure this out.

[@Mynextproject_74]

You did a great v8sual explanation of Bump steer! Thanks a heap!

[@TgWags69]

It looks like for the geometry to work right, you'd want the inner ball joints on the rack to pivot at the same point as your lower A-frame. Looks pretty close where you ended up. Centering up on those a-frame bolts just ensures that the rack arms maintain the same arc as the A-frame does during its travel.

[@rescuedandrestoredgarage]

Incredible work on something that a lot of people take for granted. Very well done on how you dealt with the situation.

[@crnutsmotorsports]

You never cease to amaze me, brilliant,

[@georgehardy8165]

Hi Fitzee, Wow you do nice work, not only do you do precise work, but professional work, excellent work, we love your channel here in Lima Peru thanks for sharing as always we look forward to seeing more videos, especially on this particular car From your friends here in Lima Peru George & Carmen 👍

[@4speed3pedals]

Excellent piecs of fabrication, installing the steering and getting it correct. Kudos.

[@robbigemon1868]

All i can say is amazing from all the measurements and hours to get it rite to the half roll bar notch Roll on crusty fantastic job again tony

[@nummnuts22]

I usually keep my old cars stock but one I was thinking of doing a engine swap and put a rack&pinion in it. This helps with a few things I didn't think about.

[@BrucePierson]

That was an extremely complicated process that you went through to get everything right. But better to spend the time to make sure it's right and then you know it's right, rather than trying to save time and then not having it right. It can be annoying when you have to undo something you already did, I just had that happen to me with a project I'm working on, but when you have to redo something, you have to redo it to make sure it's right, or you'll never be happy with it and wish you'd taken the time to get it right.

[@sizzler66]

Looking great, can't wait till it's done .

[@Anthony-nw5zv]

Definitely a great video Tony 👍😁

[@ronbunker5778]

That was complicated but you nailed it.

[@paulblack2402]

That was certainly an interesting one!! Well done Fitzee!!!

[@boatnut64]

Another Amazing Video... Keep up The Great Work... 👍👍👍

[@gordonstarship]

Excellent progress. Can't wait for whatever comes next. The doors and hood are going to be really neat see come together.

[@robertdufresne5729]

Great job I so enjoy your work

[@k.g.kennedy9471]

Making it look easy again Tony . that was really well done Sir. ya just solved a problem I was having . Thank you Brother for taking the Guess work out of it for me . I really really appreciate You. 😎👍

[@markk.4941]

Phew, that was a lot of work. Excellent job as always. Crusty is gonna be awesome! Enjoy the videos.

[@tonyosmer8459]

Wow . that's amazing ! Can't wait to see Crusty all finished ! 🙂

[@larrybrown7216]

Thank you fitz I need to do the same thing on the mopar i am building, Thow i am useing a engine/rack mount by Control Freak there are still some wedge type washers that adjust the rack mounting. So your video will come in pretty handy!!!! thanks again!

[@richardclifton4120]

Fitzee, keep showing the results at the beginning when you can, it makes it more interesting when you see the process of getting there during the video afterward.

[@johnlenoir1023]

Thank you so much for showing that I forgot what a pain in the butt it is to set up the bump steer

[@jeremyr7147]

Wow! I respect the incredible amount of work it takes to do what you just did from start to finish.💪💪. Impressive you've got it to no toe-in on full droop, & perfect through range of motion 🤯.. I'm a mechanic, lots of alignments, almost every modern street car has toe in on full droop. I guess this is how you set up a drag car.. Also it seems you have little few inches of movement in that rack 😨.. huge turning radius. It looks like inner tie rods are super long & rack movement extra short.. Maybe its for drag racing,

[@fitzeesfabrications]

No it has the same amount to turns. The stop point for the inner tie rod has not changed. So it still has the same lock to lock rotation.

[@herbiederby3394]

Alot of homework fitzee but hey in the end victory was achieved 💯....🙂👍🙏

[@BlueMacGyver]

My wife said you look like Mario with the red hat and overalls, lol. But also she loves to watch the show with me! Good Video!

[@fitzeesfabrications]

Haha. That's a good one

[@rogerphillips450]

Lovely job a neat and pro job keep up the good work/

[@brittneykappes7952]

I waych more for ghe metal working but all this other knowledge is awesome love watching it all come together

[@joescully566]

You certainly know your geometry Tony, I would be running for the hills if I had to sort that out!!, Joe

[@Phil222425]

THAT was VERY interesting and fun to watch!!!

[@tonykhan490]

Great video Fitzee!!!

[@jevans4379]

thanks for the explanation.

[@yugodr]

Look at you making learning fun.

[@errolpoxleitner9586]

Very good Fitzee.

[@chrismartin5145]

Your like a you tube professor Fitz ,awesome

[@Camcodrummer]

Impressive for sure!!✌️

[@bryancooper2699]

Great video . Sorry has to break everything loose and remove sections just to get perfect dimensions and proper parts for the steering to be put in. You taught alot but,I am sure it was a major set back to you

[@larrylilly2552]

Good video I have learned a lot

[@robbollom7396]

thanks Fitzee, very informative on bump steer

[@johnwesner3935]

Looking good:) pretty cool how you shortened the rack! Thanks for the tips!!

[@norego6237]

thanks fitzee the tips are good

[@The_Performance_Laboratory]

Great tech on bump steer measurement. Too many people don't understand how important it is. Only 130 mph? Maybe on 2 psi.... ;)

[@xozindustries7451]

Good work, it’s going to make a huge difference at the track

[@halsoriye135]

With front steer, and the tie rods parrallel to the ground, you will have tow in in both droop and bump. Rear steel will do the opposite, giving tow out.

[@rodney1818]

A set screw can be pulled off the end of the bar and it's not supposed to be used unless it's going against a flat from what I understand

[@fitzeesfabrications]

You are correct what I have done is temporary

[@SteveP-vm1uc]

I understand what you have done here, but from what I have seen and the way it's been explained to me, the inner balls of the rod ends are supposed to be equal length from each other as the pivot bolts or pins of the lower control arms. The entire rod end is supposed to be parallel with the lower control arm. The center of the inner ball should be at the same height as the lower arm pivot, and the bolt or joint from the outer end of the rod should be spaced to make sure the rod is parallel with the lower control arm. Done this way, everything stays in alignment. I have seen many race cars built with the rack push far forward to make room for pulleys and such and they leave a sharp angle back to the knuckle, but they complain about controlling the car when it gets out of shape running down the track.... I have also seen where people made up their own outer joint that pushes the rod out much closer to parallel between the control arm and tie rod.... It's all about what you want and think you will be happy with, but al least take a look at it this way.. Safe is better than not!!!

[@brianhaw9398]

Very simple he says. 9 out of 10 guys would be stuck on that for a lot longer than you were. Nice job!

[@rona1144]

That was very interesting and informative. You didn’t rely on the measurements that should work but tested and tested until it was precise. A great accomplishment. I appreciate your perseverance 🫡

[@minnesotatomcat]

I had an old Jeep Wrangler and it bump steered terrible in stock form. I put about a 5” lift on it and some big tires and it went away completely. It ate u-joints terrible but no bump steer 😂

[@georgebettiol8338]

WOW. Are you sure the old Wrangler was stock - as 'dodgy' lift kits are normally responsible for unwanted bump steer.

[@minnesotatomcat]

@@georgebettiol8338 I bought it used but bone stock from an older gentleman, not even oversized tires or anything. It bump steered bad. I bought a 4” lift kit that included a new dropped pitman arm and made new shackles that raised it about another inch. I don’t know what did it but after the lift and 33” tires it drove like a dream other than being hard on rear u joints. It didn’t make sense to me either but I had it like that for about 10 years before selling it and it always worked great.

[@mattthescrapwhisperer]

Great tutorial Tony!

[@robertstrube3416]

I was always told that bump steer was eliminated when the inner pivot of the rack was on the line between the upper arm inner pivot and the lower arm pivot. The tie rods should be straight across at ride height. You may have arrived there but took a trial and error route

[@davebrittain9216]

That little rack looks cool in there!

[@kristiankristiansen133]

Nice engineering

[@kevinlancaster6041]

Have a question about your rack and pinion build, I've never done one before myself but my buddy and I are going to put one in my 57 Ranchero, my question is this, after you figured out how much you needed to remove, wouldn't it have been easier and cheaper to just buy 2 new arms that were 2 1/4 inches shorter, im not sure but just a thought. Kevin

[@robertbisson964]

Great job ! Keep it up.

[@superduty4556]

I can't remember what shielding gas you use, 100% CO2? .23 wire, yeah? I wish there was a Fitzee's FAQ I could reference!

[@fitzeesfabrications]

You are correct on both accounts. I keep forgetting to talk about this in every video

[@riverflyswatter]

Your rolling!

[@gordon6029]

Can’t wait to see this thing lay husks!

[@centralbears3010]

Fitzee - I'm sticking round. You really draw me into you projects. I went to school on this one and learned stuff I did not know. I will come back and rerun this one when I build my cobra. I was going with a 63 Fairlane front end but now I'm sold on the Mustang 2. I missed the control arm fabrication and install - which video is that? I need to go back and watch it please.

[@fitzeesfabrications]

I have a Playlist on this car. There was a few videos leading up yo the front end setup. Was all the chassis building section. Can't remember the videos right now lol

[@arccaptain-weld]

We really like your videos Tony！Would you like to review our welders? We believe you will like it😁

[@fitzeesfabrications]

You can email me at [e-mail] with any info you like to pass on

[@oh8wingman]

Where you are going to put the rack and pinion welded nuts inside the tube frame, I would tend to use coupling nuts instead of normal nuts. Coupling nuts would give you a lot more thread to tie into and lessen the chances of stripping the nut out.

[@UnfinishedProjectDartSport]

🥓

[@johnmolnar2957]

You're a genius . Your fabricating & engineering skills are amazing . maybe a dumb question, steering columns have a crush joint so in a crash the steering wheel doesn't push in to your chest, do you have anything in your set up?

[@fitzeesfabrications]

You need that gor a straight column. Mine has two joints that will change the direction

[@alibro7512]

I think I understand what you were doing here. If I'm right at full droop and at normal ride height the wheels are parallel but what are they like at half droop? They will have some toe in or toe out so were you able to confirm it would be toe in as you wanted? Maybe it's so small it won't matter.

[@jaynarr1]

Best video yet Fitzee!

[@pauld8869]

Thanks

[@fitzeesfabrications]

Thank you

[@minnesotatomcat]

Beings u got a tube bender now I can’t believe you’re not gonna replace those ugly stamped control arms with some custom made tubular control arms!!

[@fitzeesfabrications]

In time. Want to get the car built first then do upgrades