You’re doing what I thought you were, but that reply will certainly answer any questions that other’s may have. It’ll never happen, but I’d love to hear you have to explain this to a Highway Patrolman accusing you of running full hydro. It kind of is, but with road feel and a mechanical relationship from driver to tires.
Well put. Arguably the only safety difference is that now the "tie rod" is in 3 individual rods with elbow's in between them. Should the cylinder mount fail, the sh!t is gonna hit the fan in a bad way. But that isn't anything I'm worried about, and any IFS setup with a rack and pinion or even idler arm setup has the exact same potential fail point. Not sure how I missed @Vonski 's post, but this articulates my thoughts well. Thanks Ashcat.
Of course it’s not full hydro, but the appearance of the double-ended ram will no doubt fool many people. If my statement read, “It kind of is, in appearance, but your setup has...”, you could have saved yourself a lengthy post. I started reading your snarky reply until I got to “vernacular” 🙄, then saw multiple paragraphs beyond that and lost interest. I’m getting old, and confrontational posts are dumb. I’ll be following your build as well and I’m hoping to be impressed. Carry on.
You can take it as snarky if you wish, sorry if you did and lost interest in what I had to share. I was simply explaining in detail how it works and why it’s not be to confused with full hydro so others don’t get the wrong idea. Wouldn’t you defend and clarify why something is or is not the way it is?
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I saw you post that last night and now I finally "get it". Nice work!All the effort paid off. The steering is smooth as butter. Can't wait to get some tires mounted up and the front end on the ground.
@dbriml on Instagram: "Major milestone this evening. And anxiety relief. First time I’ve ever built a motor from the ground up. So happy it fired up and had great oil pressure at idle. Waiting for a few more things to arrive so I can button it up and
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Cool beans. Funny seeing the comments on IG. It's mind boggling to so many people that a double ended cylinder doesn't automatically just equal full hydro...maybe I'm the crazy person thinking a hydro cylinder is just a cylinder? haha
Yea for sure, seeing it cycle, that cylinder is just part of the overall tie-rod. Makes perfect sense! Impressive part is the fact that it cycles synced with the steering box. Well done man.
Thanks!
Jeep has been at the engine/trans tuner for a month waiting in line. Supposedly they are starting on it today. That said, I put about 100 miles on it with the trans in limp mode to break in the new motor before tuning. The steering works really well. I am going to swap out the steering valve for a different profile from Woodward. I currently have the VA955. It is extremely sensitive and puts the power to the ground so quickly that it is twitchy. In a vehicle that was 100% offroad, I think it would be sweet, but it is a little touchy for driving around down. I'm going to send my valve back to Woodward and have them convert it to a VA950-2. It has a much more gradual steering power input. Look at page 4 in the link below:
