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Moved outside so I could get a better picture.  If you look close you can see the Camber of the front wheels.  The top of the wheels are farther from each other than the bottom of the wheels.  This compensates for tire and rim pressures on turns.

Side view of frame and running gears.

These two Spindle Arms will be welded to spindles we made before.  The holes will accept the Drag Link bolts and connect to the Pitman Assembly.  Turning the Pitman Assembly will cause the wheels to turn.

The Spindles have been disassembled so the heat from weldng on the Spindle Arms would not melt the bronze busings.

The Spindle Arms have been welded to the Spindles and reassembled.  You can see that when the Pitman Assembly pulls the Drag Links, the wheels will turn.

Here is the beginning of the Pitman Assembly.  This assembly will compensate for the Ackerman Effect to be described later.  This device will be attached to the Steering Spring.  The Steering Spring will compensate for road vibrations to the Steering Tiller. It will make more sense later.

Here are the parts for the front turning mechanism.  Thw two bronze bushings will be inserted into each end of the tube with the grease zerk.  The shoulder bolt will fit exactly into the tube through the bronze busings.  The two brackets will be welded to the tube and then welded to the front axle.  The shoulder bolt through the bronze busings will all for the turning of the front wheels.

The assembly from the previous picture is placed in position to allow the top of the shoulder bolt to be welded to the piece of steel that is bolted to the spring.  This spring will absorbe any road vibration and keep it from being transmitted to the tiller.

Here I am preparing to weld the shoulder bolt to the piece of steel that bolts to the steering spring.

The bronze busings have been removed from the tube to protect them from the heat created when the tube is welded to the braces.  The braces will then be welded to the front axle in the exact center and perpendicular to the ground.

The tube has been welded to the brackets and the assembly has been centered on the front axle.  It is also positioned perpendicular to the ground.

The assembly has been welded to the front axle.  The shoulder bolt has been installed and the steering spring attached.  The "T" with the holes drilled in it from the 7th picture above has also been welded to the piece of steel that attaches to the spring.  The drag links have been installed and the proper toe-in/toe-out adjusted with the rod connectors.  You cannot see it in these pictures, but the steering spring was too long and had to have 1 and 3/4 inches removed from each end of each spring leaf.  Once the springs were cut and rewelded, all worked perfectly.

Here you can see the pitman arm that has been bent and welded to the piece of steel that bolts to the bottom leafs of the steering spring.  The drag links have been attached to the pitman arm and the nuts/couplings are used to adjust for toe-in etc.

Here you can see the steering spring from above.  The dark paint on the ends are where the spring had to be cut off.  The tiller for steering will be attached to the top of the steering spring at a later time.  I have to finish the body fabrication in order to know where the floor will be located.  The location of the floor dictates how much space will be allowed for the tiller bracket.

This is a shot of the front axle with the steering spring installed.  What is next?  There is some work remaining on the transaxle to rear axle connection.  The frame extensions have to be installed so the body panels can be installed.  It will be time to fabricate the body very soon.

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