Right then.
Series axle has been stripped of it's steering arms.
So here's the plan to get over the problem of steering when fitting a disco axle to a series.
Get your swivel knuckles and cut off the original steering arms.
Get hold of a pair of series steering arms and basically bolt then to the disco swivel knuckles. (stole mine off my series)
If only it were that simple.
To start on the disco swivel knuckles there are only 2 bolt holes. Easy enough just drill 2 more holes i here you say. But no, again not that simple.
You need to keep the lower swivel pin that's originally fitted then plonk the series arm on top. (sfter cutting off the original pin for the series swivel!)
This in itself causes a problem as there is nothing below the other 2 holes on the steering arm.
So a solution. And a few pics to give you an idea.
The disco swivel knuckle with series arm and original lower pin in place.
The series arm and lower swivel pin.
The swivel knuckle bolt holes. Before modifications.
Now the plan from this point is to machine off about 7mm from the outside face of the lower swivel pin.
Thus dropping down the series arm and making the original bolts fit properly.
Will then make up a packing plate for the other side, bolt it all together then drill 2 more holes. Then unbolt it and tap the swivel knuckle to take the appropriate bolt. High tensile m10 bolts to be exact.
Hopefully once the machining and drilling/tapping is done should be a matter of bolting the rest of the axle back together again.
Machining will be done tomorrow so will take some pictures