Hello to the Shelsley team,
Alan here,
question:- anyone help in regards to changing steering ratio.
My current set-up is approx. 3.6 lock to lock.
Electric steering has made steering better but need to reduce lock to lock movement.
Hello to the Shelsley team,
Alan here,
question:- anyone help in regards to changing steering ratio.
My current set-up is approx. 3.6 lock to lock.
Electric steering has made steering better but need to reduce lock to lock movement.
The only I know would be to change the steering rack to one with a lower ratio.
Going to a lower ratio would however make the steering harder to turn.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steering_ratio
I was toying with using a ford escort quick rack 2.9 ratio, but not sure if it would create bump steer if the rack was a different length.
It needs to have the cv joint at the same position as the Rover unit.
Any thoughts
Al
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The ball joint needs to be in the same position in all three axis as it currently is so as not to introduce bump steer. If you can’t find a quicker rack off the shelf then you have two options
1) Modify the current rack with a quicker one
2) replace the entire unit with something like a quick rack off a single seater (very short in length) then add an extender bar to one side (passenger side most likely) with a linear bearing mounted on the chassis. This would allow you to position the pivot on both sides in the correct place