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Re: My Dusty 71 GMCe Electruck
and another
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Operation Kojak complete
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after that, things escalated pretty quickly and more carnage ensued
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I was spit ballin' using everything at my disposal for ideas (not all of them good ones)
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finally settling on making a plate to re clock the pivot bracket (not for tilt per say but to help get the angle during mounting) something to hang it up with sorta speak
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just trying to see if I can install this thing in more steps than Rotbox Metalworks
DIY Electric Power Steering Upgrade! {Under £100} Last edited by Gregski; 04-28-2022 at 10:44 AM. |
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Captain's Log
it has been 857 Earth days since we landed on planet EPAS, and what started out as a standard recon mission has lets just say escalated the threaded rod is for photo opp only |
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we aint really gonna run that fugly PRIUS steering wheel, it's just there as a prop
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so let's adopt this to that, as I am sure Grant makes an adapter for their Hot Rod wheels to a Prius for sure, but going that route would be cheating
I know right?! four spokes, chics luv four spokes! oh that's cute, Grant is using metric hexeseseses so my 'merican ones don't work, great! so how do we adopt this to that? hmmmm, two holes align... time for the plasma cutter |
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like a surgeon
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ah, it's temporary
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and the problems kept on coming
my rod was too short [where have I heard that before?] this is just a mock up |
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one of the challenges I'm facing with the steering in a truck is the sheer length of the steering shafts, think of the Prius as a pug and my truck as a Borzoi wolfhound (yes that took seconds of Googling dog images to find - you're welcome)
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so the long steering rod connects to the steering box using something called a rag joint (you can't make this stuff up folks) basically a round piece of an old tire, ha ha that's supposed to absorb some of the vibrations as the farmer goes down the dirt road in one of them trucks, folks these days replace them with U joints (defeating their original shock absorption purpose) and I may do the same (but probably not)
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the long "intermediate" steering shaft that runs from the rag joint on up to the steering column inside the firewall is really made up of two pieces, designed to slide inside each other incase of a head on collision allowing the driver to be decapitated by the hood (ahem bonnet) instead, so I am keeping that rod and will just have to extend it 6 inches, or I may replace the Prius "intermediate" shaft with one from her sister car a Corolla
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anyways, so I cleaned the garage yesterday and found this:
I believe it's called a "floor" |
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Nice progress! My favorite thing is the discovery of the floor
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Haha, love this thread...entertaining and informative as ever!
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oh man thank you so much for taking the time to say that, my ego appreciates that especially after that botched power steering column install, it's not even good enough for the Good Enuff Garage - so your comment comes at the perfect time to fuel my shallowness for the weekend
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You'll have the ultimate prepper truck. Doesn't need gas. Doesn't need oil changes. Doesn't need oil filters... on and on.
Get solar and charge it off the sun. Laugh as you pass by gas stations and people paying to fill up. |
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Maybe I missed it but, did you consider going with Armstrong (OEM) manual steering? Back in the day many trucks had that but I will admit power steering is nice. It's just a little more complicated for you. (Not that that ever stopped you. Ha.)
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Quote:
Fun Fact: these rigs are just too heavy for manual steering |
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I think it has to do with tire width. That truck may have come with 6.50 x 16 bias ply tires so probably easier to turn.
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Cuttin' for the very first time...
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