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Re: power steering for new supercar 8448--I did it
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lugnet.build
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Mon, 9 Aug 1999 03:09:18 GMT
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Congradulations, Your solution to steering sounds much simpler and direct
than my design. Hope you can take a picture so we can see it. Quite a
challenge. right?
Bob Fay
Karen Gold <kjgpinelake@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:FG6GF3.JF2@lugnet.com...
> Thanks Matthew for suggesting that white slip gear!
> A while ago there was a lot of thunder and lightning and I unplugged the
> computer and worked on my 8448 car while waiting for the kids to clean up • the
> kitchen so we could eat. I put a second 8-tooth gear on the rack gear • (left
> the steering wheel one alone) and ran a 12-stud axle from that through a • couple
> of beams and toward the front of the car.
> Then I put a 24-t gear on the other end of the axle, and put a 9v gear • motor
> above it, but facing backwards, using one of those white slip gears that • come
> with the new motor, so the gears mesh. Oh, for a digital camera...... • The
> gears contact each other about 2 cm in front of the "cooling fan" attached • to
> the engine. Now that the storm's over, I can try and program it. Of • course I
> could only do this because I pulled off most of the red body-decor pieces • to
> have room to figure out what I was doing. I never liked body-work much • anyway.
> Karen
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| Thanks Matthew for suggesting that white slip gear! A while ago there was a lot of thunder and lightning and I unplugged the computer and worked on my 8448 car while waiting for the kids to clean up the kitchen so we could eat. I put a second (...) (25 years ago, 9-Aug-99, to lugnet.build)
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