Cheapass faster steering ratio idea??

[jdbubb@ix.netcom.com (Dan Bubb)]

No, but the stresses in the tierod sure would get huge! With a normal
installation where the tie rod is straight the rod only experiences tension
or compression. When you put a bend in it, it also gets bending loads (much
more stress, much more deflection). The greater the bend, the greater the
stress and deflection, the less the wheel is pointing in the direction you
want.
Straight structures between pivot points are good.
Dan

----- Original Message -----
From: Ron Pieper <rapieper@yahoo.com>
To: <jester@westfailure.net>; Scirocco-Al <scirocco-Al@insight.rr.com>
Cc: Ron Pieper <rapieper@yahoo.com>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2002 9:30 AM
Subject: Re: Cheapass faster steering ratio idea??


> I have a sneaky feeling Dan is right..but I'm still going to mull it
> over.  My old prof said "when in doubt, exaggerate."
>
> Sooo...if the offset was greater than the distance between the center
> or rotation and the tie rod attachment point, and was placed so that
> the line of the tie rod was on the other side of the center of
> rotation, would the wheel turn the wrong way?
>
> Hmmm....
>
>
> --- jester@westfailure.net wrote:
> > On Sun, 17 Feb 2002, Scirocco-Al wrote:
> >
> > > You still will have the same effective length between the inner tie
> > rod and
> > > the connection of the tie rod to the hub carrier.  Unless I'm
> > missing
> > > something, I think you will end up with the same thing you already
> > have.
> >
> > The more impaortant factor is the angle of the tire rod rather than
> > wether
> > or not the attachment is offset...
> >
> > In physics there is something called a force vector, but this would
> > show
> > that even though the actual point of attachment is further outboard,
> > teh
> > force will be effectively applied at the point where a straight line
> > along> as
> > long as the tie rod was pinting at the center of the spindle it
> > wouldnt
> > matter if it was attached at both ends one end or ???
> >
> > But i could be wrong on this one, its been a while.
> >
> > take care,
> >
> > the rod would intersect the spindle... imagine offsetting it half the
> > length of the spindle arm... it would take half the distanec to turn
>
> > Steve
> >
> >
>
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