Miss Fitts

[98ciHemi]

Sweet! Thanks. I'll snag that as soon as I get paid.

[HillbillySailor2]

Oh, I meant to ask this earlier. What's the difference between the steering column for a manual or power steering car? I thought the difference was in the rack?

[HillbillySailor2]

Oh, I meant to ask this earlier. What's the difference between the steering column for a manual or power steering car? I thought the difference was in the rack?

But if a column is what you're looking for, try this place out.

http://www.columnsgalore.com/

[Thumpin455]

It can sleep here for a bit, and we can possibly get some body work done on it too... scary thought making it shine with a nice glossy coat.

[98ciHemi]

Oh, I meant to ask this earlier. What's the difference between the steering column for a manual or power steering car? I thought the difference was in the rack?

There is a spline difference where the shaft mates to the rack. The power rack has a larger OD. Right the the car has a manual rack and a power column, so the steering is held together with a little jam nut through the shaft. Not particularly confidence inspiring.

[milner351]

One of my favorite things to see under the hood of a "rod" is the good old 1/2" drive socket universal joint welded between the column and steering box input shaft.

[HillbillySailor2]

Thanks for the explanation. Hopefully that column place I posted earlier will be able to help you out.

[HillbillySailor2]

I got to thinking about this, and I think I might have found a solution for your steering woes...and John sorta gave it to me! Have you considered an universal joint? I don't know what the layout is with regards to the shaft/rack relationship, but a universal joint may be the ticket to meet the different sizes of the shaft and rack spline. Here's a couple of sites to look at....

The first one I thought of: Ididit...specfically, their universal joint selection. It gives a general pictorial description of what to use for different applications.

http://www.ididitinc.com/tech_instructions/borg.htm

Once you figure that out, here's the company that makes the u-joints for Ididit. From our prior conversation, I take it that the steering shaft is a different size than the connection on the rack. They sell u-joints with different sized ends. You can pick what you need from their list, providing they have it...

http://www.borgeson.com/xcart/catalog/Universal_Joints-orderby_0-p-1-c-2.html

Hope this helps!

[98ciHemi]

Sadly, this project is coming to an end. I wish I had the storage to keep this till I have time, but frankly, I have lost interest. I have a good home for most of the parts including a lot of the rarer Escort specific parts. Between the school, ROTC, the plane, the Tahoe, my bicycle projects, and now the Honda, I have enough on my plate. I can turn this into some cash.

I won't be dropping land speed racing, just postponing my participation as a racer until I have the means to build the car I really want.

I like the name Miss Fitts too much to not use it, and I have nose art that deserves to be on something, so the Honda will take up the name and the noseart, probably in the next three weeks as I am cleaning it up.

[1trickpony]

It's a tough pill to swallow. Most all of us have been in your shoes at least once in our life. Some times it's just a timing issue. I am fairly confident that you will be back. I will keep you in mind if I ever need a hot shoe to drive my junkyard special at the mile.