Re: TOY: making crossover steering arms

[Thom Singer <ntsqd@xxxxxxxxx>]

FWIW I now have those pics posted to my yahoo photos
page. They're in the Yota stuff album.
http://photos.yahoo.com/ntsqd

This just showed up in my inbox, but look at the date
I sent it. Humm.......

--- Thom Singer <ntsqd@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I used two complete right side arms. I machined the
> bearing register completely off one of them and
> opened
> up the tapered holes to clear the socket for the
> nuts.
> Both were machined flat across the top. I carefully
> aligned the two arms and tacked them together. Then
> I
> welded a piece of 1.0" tube btwn the arms near the
> tie
> rod end tapers. Finish welded the arms together at
> their junction. I made a strip of steel from High
> Strength, Low Alloy 10 ga. to wrap around the
> junction
> of the two arms  and I made two roughly triangular
> shaped pieces to fit the opening btwn the junction
> and
> the 1.0" tube. After welding the triangular pieces I
> tacked the strap on at one end and cold formed it to
> fit the shape of the arms, tacking as needed. Once
> it
> fit it was welded.
> Since I could, and I was actually getting school
> credit for building it (It was my last piece for Art
> 3D Design, I called it "Steering Part"), I then
> clamped it in in a mill vise on the shim flats and
> bored a 1.0" hole thru both triangular plates, cut
> and
> fit a piece of tube, and welded it in.
> I'll see if I can get enough light in the morning to
> put it on this weekend's trip pictures roll.
> --- DRM033@aol.com wrote:
> > I was just wondering... I know several people are
> > making their own high 
> > steering corssover arms, or even the mormal
> > crosssover arms.  How are you 
> > dealing with the taper cone washers?  Are you
> > re-drilling the tapers in your 
> > new arms, are you using the stock bases and adding
> > arms to that, or are you 
> > comvertingt over to metric bolts?  Any thoughts on
> > any of these methods?
> > 
> > I personally would "steer" away from the bolt
> > method, but would like to hear 
> > other's input...
> > 
> > David
> > DRM033@aol.com
> > http://www.4x4spot.com
> > 4x4Wire.com Toyota Section
> http://www.4x4wire.com/toyota/
> 
> 
> =====
> TS
> Ventura, CA
>  Remember amateurs built the ark
>  - Professionals built the Titanic.
> 
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TS
Ventura, CA
 Remember amateurs built the ark
 - Professionals built the Titanic.

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