steering rack conversion help plz

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huish
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Thu Nov 20, 2014 7:45 pm

ive got the e34 ujs an dans bar to go in the middle but the ujs wont go on the steering column end as the splines are to fine on the e34 ujs have i bought the wrong ones or am i meant to do somthing esle
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Thu Nov 20, 2014 7:50 pm

From the wiki:

"You can <snip> make a custom steering linkage <snip> which involves the use of E34 steering UJs, one of which has to be stripped down and mated to an E30 UJ. "

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Thu Nov 20, 2014 7:56 pm

Capitalisation and punctuation please! We don't expect perfect grammar on here, but at least make some effort.
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Thu Nov 20, 2014 8:01 pm

Brianmoooore wrote:Capitalisation and punctuation please! We don't expect perfect grammar on here, but at least make some effort.
dont take the mick out of people who cant spell or do good with grammer as a team member you should set a example help others not mock
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Thu Nov 20, 2014 8:02 pm

BenHar wrote:From the wiki:

"You can <snip> make a custom steering linkage <snip> which involves the use of E34 steering UJs, one of which has to be stripped down and mated to an E30 UJ. "

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Thu Nov 20, 2014 8:03 pm

He's not taking the mick. It's simply that some of the members on here are overseas (hint hint) and have trouble decoding some flavours of English, and a little punctuation goes a long way in helping them.

As for Dan's joint, without being funny, are you sure you're fitting it the right way round? And which rack are you trying to fit?
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Thu Nov 20, 2014 8:07 pm

Brianmoooore wrote:Capitalisation and punctuation please! We don't expect perfect grammar on here, but at least make some effort.
Sorry, Brian, I should have said "Wiki".

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Thu Nov 20, 2014 8:11 pm

Definitely not 'taking the mick'. The 'English' in your post isn't particularly bad, but it's clear that you've made no effort at all to include capitals or punctuation. That suggests laziness, rather than a lack of knowledge.
Surely you can work out where one sentence finishes and another one starts?
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Thu Nov 20, 2014 8:16 pm

Grrrmachine wrote:He's not taking the mick. It's simply that some of the members on here are overseas (hint hint) and have trouble decoding some flavours of English, and a little punctuation goes a long way in helping them.

As for Dan's joint, without being funny, are you sure you're fitting it the right way round? And which rack are you trying to fit?
i cant help it if im thick its bad enough typing this out!!
its not dans joints. i had the bar that goes in the middle off dan which is spot on i got the e34 ujs which fit onto his bar fine an onto the steering rack fine the column is where the problem is splines are different all im asking is their something else i need to do
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Thu Nov 20, 2014 8:21 pm

Brianmoooore wrote:Definitely not 'taking the mick'. The 'English' in your post isn't particularly bad, but it's clear that you've made no effort at all to include capitals or punctuation. That suggests laziness, rather than a lack of knowledge.
Surely you can work out where one sentence finishes and another one starts?
would you to come round my house an give me a lesson then cause i have no idea where to put them
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Thu Nov 20, 2014 10:47 pm

huish wrote: I had the bar that goes in the middle off Dan which is spot on. I got the e34 ujs which fit onto his bar fine and onto the steering rack fine. The column is where the problem is splines are different. All I'm asking is their something else i need to do.
I've made that look a bit better for you.

You need to split one of the ujs and and fit half of an e30 uj to it.

Then the e30 half goes on the steering column, the e34 half onto Dan's shaft (ooh er!) and the other end has the full e34 uj onto the rack.

This wiki page shows how to do it with a Corsa uj. The same process will work with the e34 uj.

http://www.e30zone.net/e30zonewiki/inde ... ng_Linkage

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