Ok guys i have had a lot of local people ask why my steering on my FB is so much tighter then there FB.

Well here it is the steering trick.

This is a picture of a normal steering "Gearbox"


When you want a tighter steering car that responds better you need to change the Cross Shaft Sector Gear and the Worm Gear. Depending on the size and amount of teeth the gear has will determin the rotation and speed in wich the rotation happens.

By replacing the Worm Gear and the Cross Shaft Sector Gear with new gears that have more but the same amount of teeth the steering will be much smoother and "jerky"

By replacing the Worm Gear and the Cross Shaft Sector Gear with a 3 tooth Cross Shaft Sector Gear and a 4 Spiral Worm Gear the car will handel faster and turn hard.

By testing ratio's you can make the car handel to whatever spec you want you can turn your steering wheel 6 inches and your car will turn left or right at full force.


I hope this has helped any of you that needed better steering out of your already amazing steering 7.

 

I don't understand any of this yet Nick, but I will testify that your car has the best steering of any fb that I've driven. My car is pretty tight, but in comparison your's makes it feel like a Chevy station wagon...

 

I guess if i could find another gear box i would do the trick with step by step pics.

 

Where do you find the new "gears" at?

 

also interested where you get the gearing./

 

also interested where you get the gearing./

 

And since you're replacing gears, this is basically akin to rebuilding your steering box at the same time!

If I sent you a steering box, could you mod it for me? (I'd pay for it of course!)

Jon

 

If you can find an old mustang the Worm Gear from that is good and the Shaft Sector Gear can be custom orderd from a simple parts catalog like MDG.


As for doing them i could do it but its so simple to do yourself it would not be worth the shipping.

And yes when you tear it open you might as well put new seals in.

 

neat

 

anyone got a donor to do a write-up?

 

Heck, I'd be glad to do it and snap a few photos. Do we know what the part numbers are?

 

OK, we are wall interested but nothing I have found (At least when Googled) gives mne anything for MGD. Also, what year of older Mustang? --Mike

 

Bump

 

Has anyone done this?

If it's so easy, I'd really love to give it a go.... but the directions are kinda vague.

 

Yeah, and I never did get any more detail from him. He joined the Army and disappeared. Last I heard, he was selling off his RX7s.

 

Im still here just always out of country ( darn me for being good at my job)
Ok so when i logged in i got like 50 PMs from you guys on this.

Im going to take one apart when i get home all the money i made is ether going into a FD or Paint and body work on my FB. so ill be without a project and i figure ill take care of this monster for you guys so we can all auto cross better.

 

One gear was from the ???fox body mustang?? but it was the one that looks a dodge shadow you know the real crappy one.

the other was from a mazda mx6/3 i cant remeber. but ill get it to you guys soon!
dont forget to subscribe to the tread so you get updates as i do this.

 

That's awesome Nick! If this is something that works out, it will be a great benefit to all of us. I can say that, of all of the 1st gens I have driven, yours by far had the best steering feel of any of them.

 

I'm opting in on this thread to watch and learn from the masters!

 

Awesome! When are they going to get here?

 

Any more info on this mod or is it dead?

 

He still gets on here once in a while when he is not deployed. Try sending him a PM and ask for an update to this thread.

If I think of it, I'll mention it to him at the race this weekend.

 

update plz...

 

Ok guys need to pull apart my my car and fix it befor i can get working on this, if you want to help me fix my car i can get to this sooner!!!

 

Updates please??