Lengthening Mini Steering colomn allowing stalks to still work

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B. - 17 Sep 2004 20:02 GMT

Anyone done it?

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Dave Skirrow - 18 Sep 2004 06:27 GMT

ewellpond@yahoo.com (B.) wrote in news:e0d5f5bb.0409171102.5d7fb728
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> Anyone done it?

My kit car uses a lengthened column. 2 universal joints are welded into it.
Doesn't really effect the stalks i don't think, although I haven't come
round to wiring it up yet. Worst case will mean adding a few lengths of
wire I would have thought.

Why you lenghthening it, out of interest?

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B. - 20 Sep 2004 09:03 GMT

I have a kit car also - the column sits less upright than on a mini so
I'm trying to make the steering wheel less of a stretch from the seats
(which are positioned fully back for me).

I haven't played with it yet - I have a spare mini column and a metro
one which is longer but it has a large rubber isolating plate at the
base (I'd prefer to heep it all mini).

Ideally I would like to add 2" to the column and extend the indicator
cancelling nylon bush to suit.

I also haven't seen anything in the way of adaptors to extend so
welding would be the way to go. A dished steering wheel would be an
option but I haven't seen any that I especially like (I have the
flattish 3 spoke chunky wheel that they fitted from the MG Metro all
the way through to the later Coopers).

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Dave Skirrow - 21 Sep 2004 11:29 GMT

> I also haven't seen anything in the way of adaptors to extend so
> welding would be the way to go. A dished steering wheel would be an
> option but I haven't seen any that I especially like (I have the
> flattish 3 spoke chunky wheel that they fitted from the MG Metro all
> the way through to the later Coopers).

I think I would cut it in half and weld a section in, that way you don't
need to do anything with the indicators.

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The Muffin Man - 21 Sep 2004 17:27 GMT

Mine has been shortened but I didn't do it. I would assume that the
opposite would work. It had a section cut out and then the two ends were
welded back together.

Make sure it is done properly (but if you are into engineering things for
kit cars, you probably already know that).

The Muffin Man

>I have a kit car also - the column sits less upright than on a mini so
> I'm trying to make the steering wheel less of a stretch from the seats
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> flattish 3 spoke chunky wheel that they fitted from the MG Metro all
> the way through to the later Coopers).

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k - 21 Sep 2004 20:17 GMT

Hi,
If you are going to lengthen the column, avoid butt welding the two ends.
Much better and safer to sleeve the two parts together and then weld the
sleeve to the two parts. This will also ensure that the column remains
straight.

K

> Mine has been shortened but I didn't do it. I would assume that the
> opposite would work. It had a section cut out and then the two ends were
[quoted text clipped - 21 lines]
> > flattish 3 spoke chunky wheel that they fitted from the MG Metro all
> > the way through to the later Coopers).

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