It has been far too long since I posted
a follow up on my project, it looks like the older I get, the scarcer the time...
But anyway, here is an update on the steering, an item that caused a lot of bad
sleep, again because the difficulty of getting parts. Worries that afterwards a
based on nothing...
The steering box that
came with the car was just an worn out, rusted and bended box and tube, even
the cover was missing. Nothing that could be used again without a proper parts
supply.
So I started looking
for second hand Buhrmann box of the same type, but that was as searching for a
needle in a hay stack. The biggest problem was that I needed an left hand drive
steering box, a right hand drive would be a bit easier. So again I had to ring
George the series 1 pope, and he gave me the advise to go looking for a Bishops
box as used from 1951 to ± 1976. The column would be about 10 cm. too long, but
making things shorter is easier than making them longer J. He advised me also to look for an
chassis clamp, because the fixing to the chassis is completely different.
Left hand drive, so I
thought USA. And the first company that crossed my search on the internet was
Morgan Motors of New England, in Copake NY. I mailed them, and the next day I
had a mail back from Linda Eckler, that they had a second hand example for me,
completely overhauled and with chassis clamp. About two weeks later it arrived
with UPS, and I could start with the adjustments.
Because of the
positioning of the clamp the steering column comes a bit further outwards, and
that makes that it comes under a slight angle regarding to the dashboard. With
other words, the steering wheel would not be in the same line as the dashboard,
but a little oblique.
 
But since I had to
shortened the whole column, I could easily solve that problem by using a little
universal joint in the last part, hidden under the dashboard. My neighbour had
an written off Renault in his backyard, and that was the donor for the
universal joint. I shortened the tube, took out the rigid steering axle, and
shortened that too, but on the latte. The diameter was adjusted to that from
the universal joint, and everything could be back together. On the other end of
the universal joint came a short piece of the axle, and that fits in the boss
for the steering wheel. Problem solved!
 
Next things to do is
the body, I am looking forward to it! In
fact I am busy on it at the moment, so an update comes very soon.
15-12-2013, 20:44
Geschreven door Jeff OdH 
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