Coming along Nicely...Have you looked up NTD Racing..they are out of Colorado...raced the mint this year..just a bunch of guys running a Jeep..and they use Bend Tech..Im thinking they don't think things thru as You do..but still cool..
Funny you mention NTD, they're about 30 minutes from me. I visited their shop a couple months ago, the owner is a really nice guy. We might do some videos together.
Mike, I don't see any concern on the steering column geometry. I think you done an excellent job👍. If look some of the front wheel drive veh. manufactured, they have all kinds Uni joints installed. My concern is the one tube mounting bracket of the upper control arms. With the height and size of the tires you are going to be using and the off road application of Wrachet, I think it need to be strengthen also since the suspension moves independently. Every jumps, hard brake applications, etc or lateral movement during hard cornering put a lot of strain on that bracket. I could be wrong. Just my opinion. You really done a lot of progress on Wrachet since I was away from RU-vid because of health issue. Thanks for sharing. B-safe.
I'm undecided if I'm going to brace that upper tube or not, but this chassis is Mauler not Wratchet. So it won't be used as hard as Wratchet. But regardless you're right on the forces that tube will be under, I need to decide what I'm going to do with that.
Reason for not liking"uni joint" in steering column ?. Off set from a straight column gives a collapse point in case of catastrophic front impact. Acknowledging that it can also add weight to steering response under load.
The only reason is because I see it as another failure point on the steering, and possibly increasing steering slop. Aside from that I don't really have issue with it. I just instinctively try to keep it a straight shot to the steering wheel.
Thanks, I use a Miller Millermatic 211 for mig, and an old Lincoln 175 Tig welder. I usually favor Lincoln, but the Millermatic does a really good job on mig welds.
