My Mustang II U Joint finally arrived, so it's time to get some steering on my Chevrolet Coupe
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@72FrostyOne2 жыл бұрын
You saved my bacon with this video
@leonardwalters1544 жыл бұрын
Don't need breaks yet zip tie the headlights on and let's go for a ride!!! Looks great!!😎😁😁😁👍😎
@richardherringer84914 жыл бұрын
Love the progress and the updates!!! May i suggest drilling through the 1/2'' rod and making a pin for the steering shaft, I have had issues with mine popping out after hitting large bumps in the road and then not having steering at all . Apin would be a nice mechanical safety for that.
@ScottRods4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Richard. I need to remove the rack at some point to replace the rubber boots, so I'll drill a hole then. Cheers.
@stephenbyrne37934 жыл бұрын
Well done, slow and steady!
@aussiejas65994 жыл бұрын
Hey Dave, nice SPECIAL bit's wink wink..
@eltongomes28944 жыл бұрын
Ir'd crazy car, bealtiful, and fantastic
@floridian71434 жыл бұрын
Enjoy your sharing! May I make a suggestion, clean the paint to bare metal before any welding it makes a stronger, non contaminated weld. You need to do that around steering and around hot rods to be safe.
@ScottRods4 жыл бұрын
Thanks, yes I did grind it down first.
@michaelvandenhoy10212 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing this. I will have to do the same on my pontiac coupe.
@ronsgarage42304 жыл бұрын
Steering looks real good Dave.
@ScottRods4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Ron. I can probably improve it, but it's too damn hot right now to spend the time on it.
@joeroyalgarage79954 жыл бұрын
Good bit of engineering there! Looks good.
@ScottRods4 жыл бұрын
It's pretty chunky, but I threw on the front fender and it clears it all, so hopefully It will be ok, till I figure out something better.
@brentcrawford76094 жыл бұрын
Looks like it should work just fine
@hookshotrods71614 жыл бұрын
hey Dave thank you I am glad you can use them
@jamiewaddell15984 жыл бұрын
Dave looks good m8 just need clamp on bottom of coloun top clamp and it will be braw as fu.k m8 well done 👍👍
@punkinsgarageandpaint82994 жыл бұрын
Kkmjust mount something under the dash . Cut the steering shaft under dash. Put a gear on it move to over about 6 " make another steering shaft with a gear and go through the firewall to the hole in the frame . The shafts with the gears can have a heavy duty chain on it. All hidden under the dash and safer than all these joints!
@HeavyPedalGarage4 жыл бұрын
sweet! Looking good!
@TheBlaqDeval4 жыл бұрын
Great work on the steering and kinda worried with the so many links on the middle... Yet it still functions... Only comment is about the metal bar stuffed into the black frame... And how it hits all around on rotation... If there could be some sort of a bearing to be stuffed to avoid friction between metal bar and frame that would be much safer and less noisy every time u steer...
@ScottRods4 жыл бұрын
It's not actually hitting anything.
@TheBlaqDeval4 жыл бұрын
@@ScottRods thought it does with all noise it did when you rotated it... I know all about the tight gaps but no fan of it coming out the frame though... Just an opinion.
@ScottRods4 жыл бұрын
@@TheBlaqDeval Hey, I pre-warned you about the noise hehehe. It wasn't attached to the firewall, so that's where the noise came from.
@TheBlaqDeval4 жыл бұрын
@@ScottRods well hey... Im the shifter riser guy and see your project as a public project like we are building it with you... So im underlining stuff like if its my own car and want it best it can be really!
@2leesproductions4 жыл бұрын
They should have specified press fit for that ujoint lol
@ScottRods4 жыл бұрын
hahaha, I didn't have a clear shot with the hammer, so it was a million tiny taps.
@2leesproductions4 жыл бұрын
I know how that is
@ted54154 жыл бұрын
Six weeks on a donkey and the first thing you do is beat it with a hammer! A little lube usually helps. It made for an interesting visual and sound effect anyway.
@ScottRods4 жыл бұрын
@@ted5415 I greased it up first. To be honest, I didn't care, I waited so long it was GOING to fit one way or another.
@davemoulding71094 жыл бұрын
You should have inserted a tubing thru frame for shaft to work smooth and have no binds
@peteJoseph-x3h Жыл бұрын
Looks like 3/4” double D shaft, not 1/2”
@ScottRods Жыл бұрын
Yep, you're right
@aussiejas65994 жыл бұрын
not to Shaw about running your steering through the chassis.??
@ScottRods4 жыл бұрын
That section is new, and thicker than the original frame, and it's boxed. Should be fine.
@paullpatterson87094 жыл бұрын
You would be miles ahead if you use a locknut on the heim joint to keep them from swiveling in the nuts you welded in place. Decent bit of engineering otherwise, Dave
@ndeep454 жыл бұрын
I am just not sure if that's going to be legal .. crazy set up
@ScottRods4 жыл бұрын
Hey Bill. That's the least hokey I could make it. There was no other route available. Remember...custom frame, custom exhaust, custom steering rack and non standard motor. Had to make it work somehow.
@ndeep454 жыл бұрын
@SCOTT I JUST WAS WORRIED ABOUT THE LINKAGE AND BINDING...
@ScottRods4 жыл бұрын
@@ndeep45 I might add another rod end on the section just after the rack U Joint. I've checked for binding and so far it's ok. Not ideal, but until I figure out a better solution this will need to do.
@ndeep454 жыл бұрын
@@ScottRods I was trying to think of what I had seen on earlier rods like at Irontrapgarage does. Like where the steering buckle comes out the side of the car. But again that wouldn't do for your application
@ScottRods4 жыл бұрын
@@ndeep45 Yeah, those setups are for old style steering boxes with cross-over steering.
@TheCanadianBubba4 жыл бұрын
No rag joint... you certainly will have a lot of road "feel"
@TheCanadianBubba4 жыл бұрын
You can always revisit your design after driving it if you find it annoying.
@ScottRods4 жыл бұрын
@@TheCanadianBubba Does the Crown Vic have a rag joint?
@TheCanadianBubba4 жыл бұрын
Do not know right off, maybe just a collapsible column in the Crown Vik's... Ford problems, don't got em' : ]
@MrBenh19764 жыл бұрын
You can drive it from the passenger seat like if you were in Europe then your wife could have the eleteical seat lol
@ScottRods4 жыл бұрын
But then she would be in charge of the gas pedal.
@miked12984 жыл бұрын
Time will tell but you may regret not putting a damper in.
@ScottRods4 жыл бұрын
Do I need a damper on a rack and pinion?
@miked12984 жыл бұрын
@@ScottRods I think it will transfer the vibration up the shaft. Just my opinion.
@ScottRods4 жыл бұрын
@@miked1298 hmmm, interesting point. I'll watch out for that.
@davidwilfong5820 Жыл бұрын
Sorry I couldn't think this slow another video of someone's brain fart
@ScottRods Жыл бұрын
Sorry, I couldn't understand your poor English.
@paullpatterson87094 жыл бұрын
You would be miles ahead if you use a locknut on the heim joint to keep them from swiveling in the nuts you welded in place. Decent bit of engineering otherwise, Dave
@ScottRods4 жыл бұрын
The heim joints are solid, it's the swivels that are swivelling lol. Not sure what you mean.
@ScottRods4 жыл бұрын
Oh, actually, when I first tested it, the heim joints were not tightened down, that's probably where you were seeing movement.