Snake racing steering arm UPDATE:

Post by **bj on roids** » Fri Dec 20, 2002 3:34 pm

well guys, today
20/12/02, snake has emailed me, after his phone call the other day, and he has the high steer in stock!!

My arms will be here sometime early next week, so i am jumping for joy! :multi:

I have actually been running a set of these arms since may, and have not bent a tie rod since then!! :multi:

I sent him an email this morning and he has gotten back to me promptly, he has offered me refund plus, or my arms, promptly delivered, and has apologised, again for the delay!

Hophoar is also going to get his high steer tomorrow morning at 8am!
So he has it sorted by the sounds of it! :multi:

Not once did i say snake was a bad guy, in fact he has gone out of his way to help me on two occasions that i can think of, and has helped other guys that i know of! I was raging about not getting my gear, but now its all good!!

I will put some pics up soon!

Post by **spazbot** » Fri Dec 20, 2002 3:51 pm

does that mean you will have 2 sets of these arms now bj ?
wanna sell me your old ones, i like my toys used and abused

Post by **RUFF** » Fri Dec 20, 2002 8:17 pm

Spaz go to the back of the line dude :lol:

Post by **bubs** » Sat Dec 21, 2002 4:17 pm

If i order some will they b in stock?

Right now?

Post by **hophoar** » Sat Dec 21, 2002 5:08 pm

Yep, picked mine up this morning. There should be no problem with supply , Snake has 60 pairs of arms.

Post by **RUFF** » Sat Dec 21, 2002 5:12 pm

Cool it is good to know this is all sorted out now. And also good to know that there are Hysteer arms now available again in Aus. These are a top quality product.

Post by **bubs** » Sat Dec 21, 2002 5:56 pm

RUFF wrote:These are a top quality product.

You can't disagree with that 8)

Post by **NICK** » Sun Dec 22, 2002 11:48 am

bj on roids wrote:well guys, today

Not once did i say snake was a bad guy

no one did, we were all just stating the lack of customer service that was involved in the products he was offering.

NICK

Post by **bj on roids** » Tue Dec 24, 2002 1:48 pm

I just received them about 2 minutes ago!

they are painted bright red and look awesome!!

Snake has 60 pairs of these in stock, RIGHT NOW!

Post by **beebee** » Wed Dec 25, 2002 2:21 am

Don't mean to put a dampener on things but from what I believe there are only a few more pairs available at the moment as the other are still to have the machining done for the kingpin. Just letting everyone know that this is the story that he has told some people. If there are 60 persons expecting to order a set and see them within 2 days - don't hold your breath. But one would think that now that he has them from the casters, then the machining shouldn't be much of a hastle.

Does anyone know if it is just one arm style that he has in stock or all. Like I'm assuming that there are different ones for toyota hilux, 40, 75 series's?

Post by **dansTOYOwagon** » Wed Dec 25, 2002 6:16 am

I don't KNOW, but isn't it the same one for Hilux and Cruiser (as in like a 70 series or 60 series diff). So just one arm style.

Post by **bubs** » Wed Dec 25, 2002 7:27 am

one style - cruiser hilux all the same

Post by **dansTOYOwagon** » Wed Dec 25, 2002 8:36 am

nup. can't see how to delete it

Post by **RUFF** » Wed Dec 25, 2002 11:05 am

Why did you post that twice Dan?

If you wanted your question answered then no Hilux and Cruiser run different steering arms as stock but yes the Snake racing arms are the one style to suit both.Why toyota made them different i dont know i think it had to do with Rim offsets.I run 60series ones on mine as they are a lot beefier than the hilux ones but you cant run a stock drag link then because it isnt long enough.

Post by **dansTOYOwagon** » Wed Dec 25, 2002 6:09 pm

Ruff I think i recalled hitting the back button several times and getting back to that post screen. It may have happened then. I didn;t do it deliberately. I will delete it now (I think we can delete our own posts).

Cheers. Dan

Post by **RUFF** » Wed Dec 25, 2002 8:35 pm

Nah its cool i just thought you must have been trying to get your question answered ya pushy bastard :finger:

Post by **hypo** » Thu Dec 26, 2002 10:48 pm

pushy allright last sunday i got an sms or a call bout every half hour askin wot time we were going drivin

Post by **bj on roids** » Fri Dec 27, 2002 9:31 am

there are different knuckle types, but i only know of two dudes on the board with the knuckle type that there is no high steer for

and neither of them have expressed an interest, so i wont bother to confuse the issue

all the factory arms have the same ackerman angle, the difference is in the thickness between knuckle casting and arm section

the phat ones are from early disc brake trucks

Post by **beebee** » Fri Dec 27, 2002 2:22 pm

BJ is the ackerman angle is determined by the length of the arm or the off set of it?

Does snake offer any at different lengths or with different tie rod hole spacings. I'm goint to have a problem with binding me thinks.

Post by **bj on roids** » Fri Dec 27, 2002 2:38 pm

angle from TRE to kingpin and then where that intersects the rear diff!!

Post by **beebee** » Fri Dec 27, 2002 2:42 pm

WTF - Rear diff?

Post by **bj on roids** » Fri Dec 27, 2002 2:48 pm

ackerman angle is basically an imaginary line from TRE through centre of kingpin

wher ethis "imaginary line"

supposedly interesects your rear diff, is your ackerman angle

whats up with your ackerman dude?

what do you want to know?
or you just think im lying?
or dont beleive me?

Fri Dec 27, 2002 2:52 pm

what bj said is pretty well right.

your ackerman angle should change as your wheelbase changes but as he said the arms from a FJ55 to a 40 and hilux are all the same. Even ole land rovers are all the same whether they be short of long wheelbase.

I dont think ackerman angle is all that important.

Post by **bj on roids** » Fri Dec 27, 2002 2:57 pm

mickbj42 wrote:what bj said is pretty well right.

your ackerman angle should change as your wheelbase changes but as he said the arms from a FJ55 to a 40 and hilux are all the same. Even ole land rovers are all the same whether they be short of long wheelbase.

i said this on a discussion concerning this, maybe a year ago or more :roll:

i still have a link to it :twisted:

ackerman angle IS important, but can NEVER be perfect, and OFTEN is actually biased from factory to get better handling at high speeds 8)

Post by **beebee** » Fri Dec 27, 2002 6:58 pm

Is it measured at full lock or wheels straight ahead?

Post by **bubs** » Fri Dec 27, 2002 8:05 pm

beebee wrote:Is it measured at full lock or wheels straight ahead?

Straight

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