steering info needed.

[panthershaun]

Hey oh Manky one  can you remind me what car the steering joints are off please?? I know mine are from Pop brown but didn't you say they are the same as a ? also where did you get your splined shafts from please as I'm in need of one for my steering and I can't afford PB's prices at the moment  btw I don't need anymore joints just the splined shafty bits 

[lunatic]

They are a mix of pop browns, dunno what part number, and some range rover ones. I would just use rangie ones when I next do it, they are big an chunky. What about Land rover ones? Might be the same thing?

[Manky Monkey]

Yup, Mr L's right. One of the knuckle joints came from Chris at Pop Browns -someone identified it as an early Ford Escort one. The other was donated by one of Loony's mates & is a Rangie one. The splined shaft is Range Rover too I think. My memory's lousy but I would've mentioned it in my Pop build thread.   

[panthershaun]

cheers guys, so does the RR splined section fit the Ford knuckle joint 

[Manky Monkey]

Check back in my Pop build thread Shaun -my memory really is that bad, but we didn't re-spline anything, so it must've fitted.

[panthershaun]

I had a look yesterday, have you seen how many pages  I'll take another look mate 

[Manky Monkey]

  At least you only have to read them. I have to write them too. 
Once the Pop's on the road, I'm going to collate the forum stuff into half a dozen chapters, (chassis, bodywork, brakes, steering etc), & post it on the main site. Hardly a definitive guide to building a rod, but it should give readers some idea of what's involved, warts 'n' all.

[panthershaun]

found it 

" So. The modified Pop steering box has a splined end welded onto it's shaft, to hook up to a universal joint bought new from "Pop Browns". On the other side of the joint is another splined section welded into the end of a Range Rover shaft. That pushes into a Range Rover universal joint. On the other side of that is the cut off splined bit of the Rover shaft, welded into the bottom of the Moggy Minor column. Easy.
The Godawful lumpy welds on the ends of the shafts were smoothed off with a sanding disc on the grinder, then I drilled through the joints & pinned them with 4mm engineers dowels, welded at either end. "

[Manky Monkey]

There ya go. That bloke obviously knows what he's talking about. 

[panthershaun]

obviously  where would one get those 4mm engineers dowels from oh man who knows stuff 

[Manky Monkey]

Well, if it were me, I'd go to my local tool shop -a proper tool shop, not B & Q. 
Got one near you? Or want me to pick a length up from my local? 

[panthershaun]

yes please mate  all crap around here 

[Manky Monkey]

Nae problem matey.

[Manky Monkey]

Two 300mm long lengths of 5mm bright steel on their way to you Shaun. Ten quid.

[panthershaun]

cheers mate   cheque or paypal or casherooney