Thread: 28 Model A coupe steering setup help needed

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You were right on the money. I spent the day fabricating and installing some temporary steering stops. I have equal amounts of travel on the wheels either direction. The steering wheel turns 1.5 turns in either direction from center before hitting the stops.

Is 1.5 turns enough ? ( 3 turns stop to stop )

Now I realize I put a bend in the pitman arm needlessly now that things are set right. I geuss I'll have to buy another straight pitman arm because I ordered some 10 series smoothies from wheel vintiques with a copius amount of backspace. I needed more backspace because the current rim/tire setup is hanging out too far past the fender. Now I'm a little worried the new rims will hit the draglink in a hard left turn. Hopefully the combination of a steering stop and straight pitman arm will give me enough clearance.

Here's a pic of the car , as you can see the rims don't really fit the car , both in size and style. It's kind of got an old school look so I'm hoping the chrome smoothies will be a better look for the car

http://coogan.efirehose.net/car/28ford1.JPG