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ram assist steering
Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 8:55 pm
by NICK
working on my steering and am thinking of mounting the ram to the chassis rail so it pushes or pull's the drag link, not to the diff the conventional way.
Is there something i am missing and why cant it be done this way?
Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 9:00 pm
by joeblow
it may actually place too much force on the arms without you noticing........you know what happens next!
Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 9:06 pm
by WICKED
Mick G has done a few this way, they seam to work fine and have been for years. Hilux's tho...
Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 9:07 pm
by NICK
that was one thing i thought off, the second was if the wheel is bound up it may push the rail out rather than turn the wheel.
Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 8:04 am
by bru21
cause bump steer imo. Just like early gq's with steering dampers.
Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 9:04 am
by SuperiorEngineering
Works fine, done it on the Superior comp truck GQ and used it without a single problem for the 2 years of competing.
Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 9:25 pm
by NICK
removed the radiator today and the ram fits in perfect so am running this way. im going to build the mount to pick up on the steering box bolts and hopefully it wont foul on the winch. the other thing is, keeps the ram nice and high so it wont get damaged.
NICK