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Runboy
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Wow - great link 
The more I look at all this, the less I would ever want to pursue a full rack install. With all those u-joints and other contraptions, I can't see any benefit over a nice tight steering box. Looks like the "bevel" gear box's they are using hang down quite a bit too and lot's of frame hacking going on as well.
But, I do love the term they use for parting out over there "Breaking For Spares"  |
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sled
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wow the guy who started that thread really came up with some bogus ways to run his steering linkage. NO need to do that.
again, find a rack with right side pinion shaft..flip it over so its on the left side pointing forward. Use a vanagon "bevel" box and run the steering shaft straight back from the output on the box to the pinion. simple, least amount of joints. If one were to take the time to make it exact, you could even use solid shafts with no U joints and the only 'slop' would be in the bevel box and the rack.
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Runboy
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How about this setup? Interesting
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Runboy
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cdennisg
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How about this setup? Interesting
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Any idea what that A-arm front end is from? I would like to see more pics of this hack/conversion.
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germansupplyscott
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| Any idea what that A-arm front end is from? |
that's porsche 911.
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sled
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thats crack smoking prices. Ive seen them on here for well under 50 bucks multiple times. just $.02
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Runboy
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Is that bevel box thingy available new / rebuilt? Wondering what availability would be like down the road.
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sled
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good question I dont know. Would be nice to have the option to buy a new or refurbished one to limit the slop.
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hugheseum
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the 911 system is rad,ive been telling the lowriders to do that for yrs,if yer gonna slam it why not use a german proven performance piece to start with?
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sled
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some people do...but the masses want the simplicity and ease of a bolt in narrowed adjustable beam with dropped spindles to use existing brake and wheel combinations.
the 911/914 style torsion suspension is great though, you can adjust the ride height with a very easy turn of a bolt.
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| I bought mine from the Beetle Barn in Las Vegas for $15. He has a whole drum full of them. |
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Runboy
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| I bought mine from the Beetle Barn in Las Vegas for $15. He has a whole drum full of them. |
911 suspensions or vanagon bevel box thingies?
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singlecabboy
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Thanks to all for the great feed back on my original question about the CE rack set up.We have installed a rabbit rack and vanagon box and are ready for the final ajustments to be made today.Total cost 185.00 ,good clean line from rack to box .Sorry but no pics.I will report back later on our test drive.Thanks again . The set up was installed on a 61 singlecab.
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king-tuk
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| i had a feeling a rabbit rack would work! |
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Mr. Electric Wizard
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| Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 6:53 pm Post subject: Re: Rack and pinion |
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| Thanks to all for the great feed back on my original question about the CE rack set up.We have installed a rabbit rack and vanagon box and are ready for the final ajustments to be made today.Total cost 185.00 ,good clean line from rack to box .Sorry but no pics.I will report back later on our test drive.Thanks again . The set up was installed on a 61 singlecab. |
Come on paul we need pics!
Email 'em to me and I'll put 'em up here.
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sled
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| Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 11:53 am Post subject: |
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hell yeah that looks good, although I would rather see it with a left side pinion rack...but I understand the booster is in the way.
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