Steering in the right direction!
Spent some time on the Roxor yesterday. When I ditched the trail gear steering arms for the custom flat arms from Front Range i also went from no Ackerman offset to having an appropriate Ackerman angle.
“Ackermann steering geometry is a geometric arrangement of linkages in the steering of a car or other vehicle designed to solve the problem of wheels on the inside and outside of a turn needing to trace out circles of different radii. The intention of Ackermann geometry is to avoid the need for tires to slip sideways when following the path around a curve. “ -Wikipedia
With that change I had to make a new longer tie rod. I used 1.25 diameter tubing with 1/4 inch thick wall. Plenty of strength for what I need. The high steer gets the steering links way up above the axle so the steering links are only turning the wheels and not having to fend off rocks sitting low in front of the axle.
I also reamed the factory pitman arm to the taper of the FJ80 Toyota tire rod end. Normally this sucks to do, but the factory Roxor rod end is a similar diameter. Much to my surprise, it only took about 30 twists of the reamer to hone the end to the correct taper. In previous post I mentioned that I chose this tie rod end because I was concerned about reaming it to a 1 ton end because it would take away a lot of material weakening the pitman arm. The Toyota end worked perfect.
The mahindra power steering surprisingly turns the 35s with ease. I think I will run it without a hydro assist for now and see how it holds up. I may add a steering stabilizer to take some of the feedback out.
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