Steering Question

[Buick455]

Buick, the angle of the arm won't make any difference, what counts is the ratio between the shaft bellcrank and the length of the arm at the spindle.

theo

No it won't, but you know how long the Azusa spindle arms are, like 3" from KP. If he has 3" from KP and that rake on the front of the frame the rods are at a wicked angle. Maybe I wasn’t clear enough with the length issue, although I said it 5 posts ago. He knows what we mean, lol. No harm no foul.

Look at the front of his kart. If he shortens the bell crank (the stock Murray bell crank) his tie rods are going to be lower and rub the sides of the frame. If he gets the tie rod end at the same angle, and height of the bell crank there won’t be any rubbing.

Also moving the wheels in on the stub is going to decrease the amount he can turn the wheels before they hit the frame.

 

[theo]

noley99 was asking if he could make his steering a little easier in the turning dept and all I'm saying is how he can do it with what he has there. If things rub or hit then cut off the spindle and weld it back on where it doesn't. I would also add some kingpin angle to the spindle, this will help eliminate tire scrub.

theo

 

[noley99]

I think I know what I need to do to correct my problem. Since I've turned this two seater into a single and moved the steering to the middle, both spindle arms need to lengthened to same length.

If you notice in the pics of the original Murray the left side spindle arm is at a more straight up angle, so it appears.

I'm amazed at how close I got to the original concept without ever seeing one complete.... I like mine better:wink2:

 

[noley99]

This seems to help some. It's just mocked up now. I plan to weld some gussets for strength later. Let me know what you guys think. It was binding up at the tie rod ends due to the angle was too steep and they were rubbing at the steering rod and the spindles.

 

[noley99]

Here are some better pics of what I came up with.