Moving steeringwheel from right to left side ?
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Moving steeringwheel from right to left side ?
Hi everybody. I live in denmark, where the steeringwheel is placed o­n the left side of the cars. I have plans about buying a minor in uk and take it to Denmark. Is it possible to move the steeringwheel to the left side of the car and how difficult is it.<BR><BR>Kasper, denmark.
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RE: Moving steeringwheel from right to left side ?
It's very simple to do - you need to get a steering rack from a RHD midget.
The hard part is to get the LHD gearbox frontplate (the clutch pivot is on the other side) but a part from any LHD 1098/1275 Minor or Midget will fix that - Or get it cut off and TIG-welded in the new place.
Also don't get a pre-1955 car otherwise you won't have the central speedo!
The pedals and master cylinder need to be move and this will involve some engineering common sense and maybe an grinder / mig welder.
The hard part is to get the LHD gearbox frontplate (the clutch pivot is on the other side) but a part from any LHD 1098/1275 Minor or Midget will fix that - Or get it cut off and TIG-welded in the new place.
Also don't get a pre-1955 car otherwise you won't have the central speedo!
The pedals and master cylinder need to be move and this will involve some engineering common sense and maybe an grinder / mig welder.
Last edited by rayofleamington on Mon Jul 04, 2005 10:53 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Jan 06: The Minor SII Africa adventure: http://www.minor-detour.com
Oct 06: back from Dresden with my Trabant 601 Kombi
Jan 07: back from a month thru North Africa (via Timbuktu) in a S3 Landy
June 07 - back from Zwickau Trabi Treffen
Aug 07 & Aug 08 - back from the Lands End to Orkney in 71 pickup
Sept 2010 - finally gave up breaking down in a SII Landy...
where to break down next?
2013... managed to seize my 1275 just by driving it round the block
RE: Moving steeringwheel from right to left side ?
Thanks - I was waiting for you to reply, couldn't remember which rack it was As far as I remember, you simply turn the RHD rack upside down, BTW.
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RE: Moving steeringwheel from right to left side ?
The midget RHD rack is the same as a Minor LHD rack as the midget has the rack in front of the kingpins.you simply turn the RHD rack upside down, BTW
If you turn a Minor RHD rack upside-down it will steer the wrong way!
ah - and for the better explanation:
LHD = Left hand drive
RHD = right hand drive
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Jan 06: The Minor SII Africa adventure: http://www.minor-detour.com
Oct 06: back from Dresden with my Trabant 601 Kombi
Jan 07: back from a month thru North Africa (via Timbuktu) in a S3 Landy
June 07 - back from Zwickau Trabi Treffen
Aug 07 & Aug 08 - back from the Lands End to Orkney in 71 pickup
Sept 2010 - finally gave up breaking down in a SII Landy...
where to break down next?
2013... managed to seize my 1275 just by driving it round the block
Jan 06: The Minor SII Africa adventure: http://www.minor-detour.com
Oct 06: back from Dresden with my Trabant 601 Kombi
Jan 07: back from a month thru North Africa (via Timbuktu) in a S3 Landy
June 07 - back from Zwickau Trabi Treffen
Aug 07 & Aug 08 - back from the Lands End to Orkney in 71 pickup
Sept 2010 - finally gave up breaking down in a SII Landy...
where to break down next?
2013... managed to seize my 1275 just by driving it round the block
RE: Moving steeringwheel from right to left side ?
Puzzled - do you simply spin the Midget rack around or what? BTW, I had twigged it wasn't the Minor rack you use - still don't understand how a RHD midget rack can become LHD Minor one if you don't turn it over, though point taken re. Kingpins.
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Andrew
Fascinated but thick (Oh, so thick, and missing the obvious I'm sure...)
Andrew
I think what Ray is saying is that because the Midget Steering Rack is in front of the Kingpins it needs to reverse the action to steer the car. i.e a normal RHD minor rack pushes the wheels to steer and a RHD midget rack pulls the wheels to steer. So, if you then reverse the action of a RHD midget rack you get a LHD minor rack!
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