Steering angle spacers

[Cronus]

OH MY GOD I PUT A SPACER ON MY TIE ROD AND I'M GOING TO DIE A FIREY DEATH!!!!11!!!

/tard

Ok now that we have that out of the way this is how I installed a steering angle spacer in my car. What this does is increase the amount of angle your front wheels can turn at full lock. Yes it increases the amount your steering wheels turns but who cares. This is really something that drifters do so they can have more sideways.

Yes I know drifting is stupid
Yes I know increasing steering wheels rotation lock to lock is dumb
Yes I know I'm stupid for doing this
I am going to cry myself to sleep tonight because of it. I promise.

Any who on with the write up

1. Jack up the front of the car

2. Pull the steering rack boots towards the tire to gain access to the inner tie rod.

3. Now unbolt the inner tie rod from the rack



4. install the spacer like so...



All this part consists of is a washer I used a 5mm thick washer that can be bought in any hardware store. You may need to drill the center out just a little to get it to slide over the threads.

5. put everything back together. Once you get it all buttoned up you are going to have a lot of toe out so you'll need an alignment. Being that I like to DIY, I did it myself. All you need is a string, a measuring tape and some basic hand tools to do this. Here's a picture on how to set it up



If you want more info on how to do an alignment yourself just google search DIY alignment

6. Here is a before and after shot of increased angle...

Before


After


There you have it. Easy peasy lemon squeezy.

[mightywhitey]

DooooorrrrrrriiiiiiiiifffffftttttoooOoOooOo

When did you paint the car Jer?

[Cronus]

it was before I moved. My roomates helped me paint it one saturday after heavy drinking. lol

[E30_pilot]

Where did you get the spacer?

[Cronus]

Home Depot. They are just washers. Like I said the only thing you may need to do is drill the center of the washer out just a bit.

[E30_pilot]

Oh i guess i missed that part. Lol thanks for the info

[88driftIS]

drifting is r'tarded. Thanks for the right up though. lol

[george graves]

Why?

[Van Westervelt]

Shits fucked up.

[Mossman]

my poor little brain still can't comprehend how this works despite seeing pictorial evidence, I need to kill myself now.

[Cronus]

my poor little brain still can't comprehend how this works despite seeing pictorial evidence, I need to kill myself now.

Ok this is as simple as I think I can make it. Not trying to talk smack just trying to help people understand.

It allows the rack and pinion to move more.

Don't think about the tie rods, don't think about steering ratios, just think about the amount the rack and pinion moves.

All this does is allow the rack to slide another 10mm.

[Mossman]

OK so it essentially makes the rack 5mm wider, but to get your toe back in line you had to remove that much from the tie rod, so where does the extra steering angle come from? I'm not doubting that it works, I've heard people talking about it for years and you even took pictures, I just can't fathom it cuz I'm thick apparently.

Oh.....I guess I get it. I thought that racks had some sort of internal locking mechanism, but I guess I was wrong and full lock means inner tie rod is smashing into the edge of the rack? So if your spacer is small enough in diameter to fit into the rack then the rack can move farther before the inner tie rod smashes into it. Hallelujah I get it.

Thanks
-Sam