March 27, 2010
  Steering First Design

First Design
March 27, 2010

The first steering design utilized a pitman arm fabricated from a crankset. Unfortunately the distance through the arc that the steering arms were pushed / pulled, by equal amounts, in close to a straight line was not long enough. The outside wheel was pulled towards the center faster than the inside pushed out.

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tom.wilson@thirstybeachlandscaping.com

In the second design the steering rods mount to a carrier that travels along rails in a straight path left to right. The carrier was fabricated using three front bicycle wheel axles as rollers and is pulled by cable as the steering wheel is turned.

 

  April 13, 2010
  Steering Second Design

Second Design
April 13, 2010

 

  April 13, 2010
  Second Design Steering Detail

Second Design Steering Detail

March 27, 2010   Right Spindle & Steering Rod     View from front showing spindle arm and steering rod connection.	March 27, 2010   Left Spindle & Steering Rod     View from front showing modified spindle bracket, spindle, spindle arm and steering rod connection.	March 27, 2010   First Steering Design with Crankset Pitman Arm
April 13, 2010   Steering Second Design with Carrier & Rails	April 22, 2010   Steering Second Design with Carrier & Rails     Detail of carrier, pullys, cable connections and cable wrap around lower steering wheel drum.	April 22, 2010   Steering Wheel Overview

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