Bonafide
NBR founder
Yeah ... they have some new fancy dancy rack/pinions on the market these days, but I'm not going to spend the $2,000 on it.
- it aint that important to me.
yeah ... a bit of progress on my CB750
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Yeah ... they have some new fancy dancy rack/pinions on the market these days, but I'm not going to spend the $2,000 on it.
- it aint that important to me.Your car doesn't have a rack, it has a steering box, and a hydraulic cylinder for power assist. Check your inner and outer tie rod ends. Look at the idler arm, and bracket. Check for cracks in the shock towers, check the strut rod bushings, etc. You'll find something that's not right, or a combination of a bunch of little things. Mustangs weren't built as road racers, the front end came from an econobox Falcon. That's not to say you can't make them handle well without spending bunches of bucks on a new aftermarket front end. I've done them both ways and a rebuilt, properly aligned stock frontend is plenty stable at speed with power assist. Unless you are going autocrossing, or road racing it won't be a problem.
As far as leaks go, it's almost always the power cylinder or the control valve, providing the fittings and hoses are good.
The cool thing about Mustangs is parts are readily available and cheap compared to other marks. If you do the work yourself you won't have 1500 bucks in a complete rebuild, from box to ball joints, and a modern alignment.
Have fun with your new toy.
Bonafide
NBR founder
Rich ....Guess I'm calling that large cylinder a rack? I've only had power steering on one previous 1st gen Mustang. The problem is looking like the steering box. I've tried to adjust the bolt - but it's not really helping - it has a big dead spot. Not as noticeable now with the new tires. The only other worn pieces in front are the sway bar bushing. Looks like everything else was replaced during the rebuild. The story I got was the PO died of cancer just as he was finishing the rebuild (7 yrs). It looks like the front end suspension is the only part of the car that was untouched - but not all of it. Shocks, sway bar bushings, steering box .. all need replacing or rebuilt.
This is my first 1st gen Mustang since 1999 or so, but not my first 1st gen Mustang. Just getting re-familiar with them. Lots more reproduction parts than before - which is nice. Here's a few others I've had thru the years.
This is my first 1st gen Mustang since 1999 or so, but not my first 1st gen Mustang. Just getting re-familiar with them. Lots more reproduction parts than before - which is nice. Here's a few others I've had thru the years.
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Bonafide
NBR founder
Got a call from the transport company yesterday ... the cafe'd SS is being picked up this weekend to start the first leg of it's journey to NSW Australia. I pulled her out of storage, washed the dust off, put a bit of wax on, and took her for one last ride ....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1me1GUN-IM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1me1GUN-IM
Nick Morey
Rocker
Yee-haw!!! What a ride! Hope you found her a good home!
Looks like you disconnected the speedo before you took it for it's last run.
em_dot
Street Tracker
Cool Vid Dude! How you can let that CB machine go... I don't know.
That vid of yours led me to this one. Made my night:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQMKSPQVBSM&feature=fvw
That vid of yours led me to this one. Made my night:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQMKSPQVBSM&feature=fvw
Bonafide
NBR founder
Nope. The speedo decided to stop working a looog time ago. The odometer still works perfectly.
Speed3Chris
I like Dick
Cool car. Rich had good advice. The cylinder you reference is simply a hydraullic slave cylinder and not integrated into the steering box like recirculating ball power gearboxes were that came just after which preceded rack & pinion common today. If you tightened the bolt...the gear involute is graduated to make the box tighter on center....be careful not to over tighten it to compensate for other worn suspension pieces. This will wick the life out of what is left in the box. Sometimes a sloppy box...I said sloppy box
is mistaken for other worn pieces. The pitman arm can be worn...that is the tiller arm coming right off the box. The idler arm as well can be a culprit as well as Rich mentioned. Generally its a combination of things so you will have to sort through it. Here is a last tip and a good one. Wandering front ends are nothing new to older cars with worm and roller or recirculating ball steering boxes from old BMW's to Corvettes. Set the toe of the front suspension to keep some pre-load on old pieces. If the wheels are adjusted straight ahead the car will wander because the lash in the suspension pieces have no pre-load.Have fun.
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Bonafide
NBR founder
Well ... she's gone. Got a call this morning from the transport driver. Gave him an easy to get/out location, suited up, and rode the old girl one last time down to the meet up site .. where the driver already had the doors open and load ramp ready to go.
1. All polished up and ready to go.
2. Pulling out the garage for my final ride.
3. Open exhaust and 9k rpms will draw a following ...
4. Going ... going ... gone.
1. All polished up and ready to go.
2. Pulling out the garage for my final ride.
3. Open exhaust and 9k rpms will draw a following ...
4. Going ... going ... gone.
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strokerlmt
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Bona....that is one fine looking Honda Cafe.....sad to see her go I bet.....
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Bonafide
NBR founder
yeah ... but it gets me excited about building the next one. Already have a tank/tail section being built ... and misc cool parts have been arriving and starting to pile up.
Someone asked me the other day, 'how do you spell delicious?'
I replied, 'T I T T I E S'.
:boob:
Nick Morey
Rocker
Judging by what you did with the old CB, I'm sure the new one is gonna be another winner. Keep looking forward, and not back, right? :ride:
strokerlmt
Moderator
Is there a theme for the new one ????
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Bonafide
NBR founder
I aint in to choppas or rats, or bobbers ... just like them cafe'd. Pretty much a part 2 aka the empire strikes back .. and not far from the theme of this SS that just left the house ... except maybe brighter and shiny-er. :rock:
sneak peek.
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Nice....really like the "tall monza gas cap"......
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Bonafide
NBR founder
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