Looks cool, but if it were mine, I think I'd put a guard on it, thats one piece of gravel away from disaster
no kidding, a little bit of debris or the right pebble in the right place and you've got no steering.
Looks pretty durable, but seems like it needs to be better protected from the elements. Even a relatively small piece of stone or other debris finding its way into the gears or chain is going to lock things up in one direction or the other. On the other hand, with different tooth counts used on the upper and lower gears (35t/37t?) you'd have a nifty "quick change" steering gear just by flipping the gears around.
I told the boss to shove it up his ass and walked out, but he followed me home and begged me to come back, I told him I'd think about it.
Prolly ripped off from the inventor and made from recycled beer cans in some shithole city in China. BB
I think the double row chain is a good idea, Looks better than the one I saw on the salt in a lakester with just two sprokets, no idler and looked like a bike chain setup for a reverser
And again I learn something new tonight.... That is a very cool idea...and definetly would help me and my big feet for clearance under the dash, when the time comes that is.
looks cool, but seems like a Rube Goldberg type of a thing to me. I'm for a less clttered firewall and feel better having the steering composed of only steering shafts, u-joints.
Just because its different than what your used to don't knock it . the very first rodders dared to be different. This is what its all about.I do agree with others about the guard tho.
I dunno,---chains kinda scare me,for some reason.I'm sure it's plenty strong,but still--steering is someplace that seems to be sacred to me.If it looks strong--make it stronger.But like some have said--at least a good cover,maybe sealed with some grease in it.
you wanna see rub goldberg, search for pinto steering cables... these steering setups are plenty strong
Seen on some 60's dirt track modifieds - for offset and ratio changes. I like that they are on the inside, rock-wise. Gary
Other than it runs up and down not front to back, and it against the firewall so the rock cant just fall out. A rock in a m/c chain locks the rear wheel or kicks the chain off, as opposed to locking the steering and or derailing the steering system.
I realize the threat is a bit greater because it runs vertically, but I feel the threat isn't increased very much. There is also a decent amount of clearance between it and the firewall.
Hey guys, I'm Zack from Them! I actually designed the chain steering (to keep the P38 wheel (yoke) vertical like in an aircraft) and Troy at HHR built it. Those of you who suggested a guard is needed are absolutely right! It totally needs a cage around it to keep a death-pebble out of the mechanism. We're just not done with it yet! Vext (aka Zack)
Well Zack, you did a nice job designing that, please post more pics of the finished product. I'd think it would look cool with an end cover, sort of like an open primary on a motorcycle, so that the chain would be exposed, giving a more mechanical feel than a big ole metal cover would
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