New speedster pitman arm.
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Reno Speedster
Topic author - Posts: 540
- Joined: Tue May 26, 2020 6:23 pm
- First Name: Morgan
- Last Name: Blanchard
- * REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1926 Model T Speedster Project, 1922 Runabout Pickup
- Location: Anchorage, Alaska
New speedster pitman arm.
I have been working for years (decades actually) on my 26 speedster. I am using a heavily modified model A steering box as a substitute for one of the period available racing boxes. I made a new, longer, custom steering column, with custom controls and a new steering box mount. In the process, I changed the angle of the column which caused an issue with the pitman arm. When the box was at the center of its travel, the arm was about 18 degrees from vertical. To fix that I made a custom one. I had a local shop water jet cut the square for the shaft then did the rest on the mill and finished it with a file. I had to heat it up and give it a 12 degree twist and a bit of an “S” shape. Tonight I cut the taper for the ball. I need to do a touch more shaping at the small end but it’s looking pretty good.
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- Almost done
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- Almost done, I need a good castle nut.
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- In the process, mine on the left, the original on the right
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- Roughed out and on the box.
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- The bar with the hole cut in it.