volvo 240 quicker steering
Posted by ryanfay
guess Infallible Moderator Location: hayward hills, ca Join Date: 05/26/2012 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 87 Rally Car: 1983 volvo 242tic |
This got posted on tborks so sorry for the cross post. I just wanted feedback from guys that regularly build this stuff and romp on their cars.
Its a zf rack from a xr4ti. I went a little wild with the welder and did three liberal passes. The steering wheel spins nicely and doesnt appear to bind. The rag joint doesnt have to flex more than a degree. Kind of weird. Almost seems intentional. The rack fits too well. The XR rack is 2.6 turns vs the stock 3.7 or whatever. You guys prolly know better than me. It required changing the mounts to the crossmember, a different steering shaft setup, a rag joint instead of the stock ujoint, and tie rods from a volvo 960. The trickiest part was coming up with a rag joint that is 17mm whatever spline on the rack side to the stock 3/4"-48 stock shaft. I could have used the stock shaft but I opted for this one which is really nothing special. I did this because with the rag joint, I figured thered be an extra slop factor. The shaft lines up pretty well with the pinion so I figured a degree or so of flex wouldnt be too tough on the raggie. 
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guess Infallible Moderator Location: hayward hills, ca Join Date: 05/26/2012 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 87 Rally Car: 1983 volvo 242tic |
Heres the shaft end of the rag joint. Its a borgeson universal 3/4"-48 sleeve welded to the end of the xr rag joint coupler dealie. |
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nobody, I mean, NOBODY better ever make fun of my welds now.
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I was thinking the same... but too polite to mention it until now. |
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Why would they when they can make fun of the neon? 
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Why would they when they can make fun of the neon? Grant Hughes |
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