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 Post subject: Re: Fast 308 sterring
PostPosted: Mon Mar 29, 2021 10:15 am 
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Saturday was house work and Sunday honestly wasn't all that productive.  I spent a total of about 3 recovering a a special bolt that holds the lower Steering u-joint. A bout a week ago I dropping it, it fell into the throttle pedal area which is actually a hole between the floor and belly pan and I hear it roll away.  I jacket the car at crazy angles (which is part of why I went ahead and checked the torsional stiffness, I already had everything out to do it).  I bought a new flexi magnet.....and eventually got it through a little access hole in the bottom...really boring.....


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finished the final install of all the EPS steering stuff and dropped the pedal box in...and decided I wasn't happy with how close the clutch pedal was to the EPS unit.  I didn't really ever love the clutch pedal position...it was sitting height than the foot rest but It was adjusted down to the end of the thread on the master.....so I ordered a new die to let me run the threads down a bit more.  The will likely limit the travel of the master a bit, but I'm using a pedal stop to limit travel to protect the short throw hydraulic throw-out bearing anyway.  So when the die arrives I'll get more foot room.

Last was the stupid clutch switch...the cute little M8 switch is not a standard M8 so it didn't fit.  With the pedal box out I decided enough screwing around and retapped it to accept a a 308 brake pedal switch  and a little weld on the pedal arm to give it a place to hit.  Fixed.  The little allen bolt you can see in the second pic is the pedal stop...a bit neater than the standard bolt or block on the floor.


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 Post subject: Re: Fast 308 sterring
PostPosted: Tue Mar 30, 2021 7:49 pm 
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Everything is back together on my, clutch pedal lowed a bit, new fluid and brakes bled and the pedal doesn't move 1/2". The EPS unit looks so small, but I was surprised how much space it takes from the pedals.....it seems ok...I'll need to drive it to be certain, you know, when I have an engine. I guess this is done until I drive it and decide if I want to change the feel in any way.


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 Post subject: Re: Fast 308 sterring
PostPosted: Wed Mar 31, 2021 6:59 am 
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Nice job. Like I said, just cut and weld.

Oh, and solder and crimp and mold and fiberglass and paint, and then cut and weld some more.

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 Post subject: Re: Fast 308 sterring
PostPosted: Wed Mar 31, 2021 2:21 pm 
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It was a bit more work than I'd hoped.....

Here's a link to some general EPS info. too late to help me but for anyone interested
https://www.therangerstation.com/tech/toyota-electric-power-steering-eps-conversion/


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