Thursday, October 19, 2017
Beck TD, Part 10: Coupling the Steering
When I installed the steering rack using custom hardware in Part 8, I didn't mention that it wasn't quite done. There's a part called the "pinion shaft flange" that isn't included on the new rack, and in fact, is not available for purchase due to the difficulty of manufacturing it. The flange looks like this - it's the one I removed from the old rack:
Sunday, October 8, 2017
Beck TD, Part 9: It runs!
Well, when you have important news, start at the end: it runs! It runs! It runs!
Friday, October 6, 2017
Beck TD, Part 8: Getting Close!
In the last post, I described some custom nuts and washers for mounting the new steering rack and the front body pan. After posting, I did a bit of cleaning and painting, and started putting things back together. I quickly realized that I needed one more bit of lathe work to get the steering rack reinstalled - some heavy steel washers to use with the Grade 8 socket head cap screws I had chosen:
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