Had some more time today so I decided to carry on with the resto of the steering column. I started by giving the column a nice coat of black Rustoleum. I put this aside to dry and then made a start on the ally casting that the ignition and column stalks attach to. I decided early on that I would not be using column stalks and that my ignition key will be mounted elsewhere so was left with what to do with the top of the column. Being more of bodger than an engineer I decided to let it know who's boss with the angle grinder.
The bits that didn't make it.
That left me with this:
Which I attacked with a flap disc until it looked like this:
Which left quite a bit of grinding dust!
Finally, I reassembled the column ready for use:
I still had some time before the dinner bell so I made a start with the front brake pipes. I cut a length pipe that was roughly correct for the run from the front m/c to the t-piece and taped it in place so I could make the rough bends:
I then Rivnutted the T-piece in and flared the male ends (no photos of this) and then worked my way backwards to the m/c adding a M4 rivnet every 100mm. I used stainless rubber p-clips and Hex nuts to fix it to the chassis:
I also put in the N/S front pipe and female end, I'll do the O/S one after I put the steering in so that I can make sure clearance is ok:
Which left me with this:
Annoyingly I could not attach to the M/C as I didn't have an 3/8 unf male ends. I must learn to plan better as I keep doing this sort of thing and I don't ever seem to finish a job in the session I started it in. I'll pick some up tomorrow, and order the front hoses this week. Hopefully next weekend I'll be able to get the steering in and then complete the rolling elements of the front end.
The bits that didn't make it.
That left me with this:
Which I attacked with a flap disc until it looked like this:
Which left quite a bit of grinding dust!
Finally, I reassembled the column ready for use:
I still had some time before the dinner bell so I made a start with the front brake pipes. I cut a length pipe that was roughly correct for the run from the front m/c to the t-piece and taped it in place so I could make the rough bends:
I then Rivnutted the T-piece in and flared the male ends (no photos of this) and then worked my way backwards to the m/c adding a M4 rivnet every 100mm. I used stainless rubber p-clips and Hex nuts to fix it to the chassis:
I also put in the N/S front pipe and female end, I'll do the O/S one after I put the steering in so that I can make sure clearance is ok:
Which left me with this:
Annoyingly I could not attach to the M/C as I didn't have an 3/8 unf male ends. I must learn to plan better as I keep doing this sort of thing and I don't ever seem to finish a job in the session I started it in. I'll pick some up tomorrow, and order the front hoses this week. Hopefully next weekend I'll be able to get the steering in and then complete the rolling elements of the front end.