Steering Universal Joint/ Hydraulic Clutch Hose

[Bennyh]

Hi All
Been a while since my last thread, Getting cracking on my build as the cold weather seems to be subsiding.

I remember reading a thread on hear a while ago about miss matched spline’s between the marlin supplied steering rack/ rover steering column. When I fitted I never gave this a thought, since I was dismantling the front end of my car to fit a hydraulic clutch I though I would check to see if I had this problem, and I do. What has everyone else done to fix this problem? I seem to remember in the Which Kit build, they talked about welding the universal joint onto the steering column, however I don’t really think this is the best option. Does any one know a company to makes universal joints that will fit, or a car that has a universal joint with spline that will fit the Marlin supplied steering rack.

The other thing I have been working on was the hydraulic clutch, I have converted a rover 400 pedal box as others have done, but what has everyone else used for the hose? Does anyone know of a company that will make one to my specification? I am probably just being a bit lazy, I will do a bit of searching online later.

Any help as ever would be most appreciated.

One last point is there anyone building a 5exi in Herts, Beds or Bucks, as I live near Aylesbury and would like to meet up with other builders.

Hope everyone else’s builds are progressing faster than mine is,
Regards
Benny