Re steering problem
Hi Ben
I’ve noticed that some people are giving you advice and making sweeping statements about safety issues on the steering linkage supplied in our kit. There will be a mismatch in certain circumstances (dependent on the parts used) between the Rover steering rack and the Rover steering column UJ as fitted to the Rover 200/25. ‘Which Kit’, when building the car, thought the best solution was to cut and weld the column shaft to the UJ joint, this is a viable option. Alternatively on all my cars, including our racing cars, we have chosen to clamp the soft splines in the steering UJ to the hardened splines on the steering rack pinion shaft.
To do this I would make sure that the bolt I use is of an 8.8 graded material (you will find that all of the bolts supplied in the EXi kit are of this grade) rather than “plastic ones” that some people seem to use.
Regarding a reply from Mike N above I will answer to his comment of :-
“And if you just pich them hard together (as I was instructed to by Marlin) they will eventually fail in service. I know this as I sheared off bolts trying to nip up the splines hard enough. They still eventually came undone whilst I was working on the car (thank god)”.
I have driven many thousands of miles in the road cars and I’ve raced for over four years. I have experienced some pretty horrendous racing accidents and my chosen method of clamping the soft UJ joint to the hardened splines (all be they of a slightly different size) I have never had any failures of these components.
I therefore suggest that given the two different methods of fitting, you have alternative methods.
I also need to say here, that it makes me very uncomfortable to see that some people go on line and offer advice and comments with very limited knowledge or experience. I have been building and engineering kits and specialist cars ever since I can remember, so I don’t understand why you guys just don’t ask me when you are so unsure. I check emails everyday and try to answer within a few days of receiving.
Regards
Mark M
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