Moving steeringwheel from right to left side ?

[Kasperfab]

Hi everybody. I live in denmark, where the steeringwheel is placed o&shy;n 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.

[rayofleamington]

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.

[bigginger]

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.

[rayofleamington]

you simply turn the RHD rack upside down, BTW

The midget RHD rack is the same as a Minor LHD rack as the midget has the rack in front of the kingpins.
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

[bigginger]

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.
Fascinated but thick (Oh, so thick, and missing the obvious I'm sure...)
Andrew

[woo]

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!