01-01-2015, 04:29 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-01-2015, 04:38 PM by dieselgeek.)
Steering Connection.
I'd originally used the full 205 steering column with the 306 rack, but the 205 end was splined and the 306 wanted a square taper style end. So the same as everything else I just welded it together to put her on the road. It was too long really, putting too extreme an angle on the uj's even with them slotted up the splines to reduce overall length. It needed a new solution to be correct and also to get rid of the weld that had replaced the bolt so that it could be removed in the oem way for any future maintenance.
After a lot of measuring and head scratching I've now got a system that uses the 205 column down to the 306 rack, this misses out one 'UJ' knuckle and short section of column which makes up part of the collapsible system.
Taking this out meant that I could use the 306 uj which had a square end for the rack, and the splined end to go onto ythe 205 column. Being Peugeot they hadn't changed the spline from the 205 to the 306 so it was a perfect fit, I slid the column down from the uj above the pedals to make some extra length, and the same at the bottom end of the spline. This meant that I had enough length for the square end of the uj to go onto the rack. It isn't quite long enough as you can see in the pic so at some point I will add a 'U' section to the bottom part of the uj to add some extra clamping section onto the square end of the rack.
Its alright as it is now tho, and I've fitted a sturdier bolt and double nylock nutted it just to be on the safe side. The downside is that I've lost one of the 3 sections that makes it a collapsible column, but I reckon its ok with 2 sections.
Cheers Poodle, thats been pissing me off for ages trying to work out how to do it.
But now I've tried that it just seems to delete everything I've written and won't add more than one pic...?
This is the section of steering column that I've done without.
I'd originally used the full 205 steering column with the 306 rack, but the 205 end was splined and the 306 wanted a square taper style end. So the same as everything else I just welded it together to put her on the road. It was too long really, putting too extreme an angle on the uj's even with them slotted up the splines to reduce overall length. It needed a new solution to be correct and also to get rid of the weld that had replaced the bolt so that it could be removed in the oem way for any future maintenance.
After a lot of measuring and head scratching I've now got a system that uses the 205 column down to the 306 rack, this misses out one 'UJ' knuckle and short section of column which makes up part of the collapsible system.
Taking this out meant that I could use the 306 uj which had a square end for the rack, and the splined end to go onto ythe 205 column. Being Peugeot they hadn't changed the spline from the 205 to the 306 so it was a perfect fit, I slid the column down from the uj above the pedals to make some extra length, and the same at the bottom end of the spline. This meant that I had enough length for the square end of the uj to go onto the rack. It isn't quite long enough as you can see in the pic so at some point I will add a 'U' section to the bottom part of the uj to add some extra clamping section onto the square end of the rack.
Its alright as it is now tho, and I've fitted a sturdier bolt and double nylock nutted it just to be on the safe side. The downside is that I've lost one of the 3 sections that makes it a collapsible column, but I reckon its ok with 2 sections.
(01-01-2015, 04:24 PM)Poodle Wrote: When you want to add pics at a certain point in the text box, put the text cursor in the desired spot, then click the green "add" button by your uploads. As per this pic:
Love your work, can't wait to see the finished product.
Cheers Poodle, thats been pissing me off for ages trying to work out how to do it.
But now I've tried that it just seems to delete everything I've written and won't add more than one pic...?
This is the section of steering column that I've done without.