Another new way to lose a round! - Page 3

Lyn Smith · 08-15-2012, 10:01 PM

The only thing worse than that is having the steering come off,and the master cylinder push rod fall out on the same run!!!!!

james schaechter · 08-15-2012, 10:14 PM

See what happens when stick racers run an auto car! They get bored and start playin around with all the other stuff in there!
Seriously, that was a great response to a real problem. Cool customer that Brad Z!

Phil Veldheer Racing · 08-15-2012, 10:22 PM

I would have spoke up sooner, but I just got back from SPEEDWEEKS at the Bonneville Salt Flats ten minutes ago....we were lucky we had a skilled driver do all the right things...for me (tall) to fit in this car and load and unload it with the roll bars, etc. I HAD to have a removable steering wheel..and I unloaded the car and left it with Brad, HE SAW ME PULL ON IT with all my might...and it STILL CAME OFF....I think I am going to switch to another brand...
It could have been a very bad weekend....what most people might not know is that BRAD WON THE 2nd race that was held on SUNDAY!!!

Phil

conmyshirt1373 · 08-15-2012, 10:58 PM

At the national event at Norwalk last year I saw a gentleman named Clark with GT A or B grand am launch his car, the steering wheel came offf he stopped put it back on ,continued the run and won when his opponent ran out.

Bill Moulding · 08-16-2012, 12:09 AM

Phil
I had this happen on a kit I had. I removed the steering wheel from the hub and found that when the hub was fully engaged the splined shaft protruded thru the hub just a small amount. My solution was to shim the steering wheel away from the hub. It wasn't very much.

Bill

08-15-2012, 10:01 PM	#21
Lyn Smith VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Pontiac,il. Posts: 1,210 Likes: 290 Liked 994 Times in 200 Posts	Re: Another new way to lose a round! The only thing worse than that is having the steering come off,and the master cylinder push rod fall out on the same run!!!!!

08-15-2012, 10:14 PM	#22
james schaechter VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Cumming GA Posts: 1,994 Likes: 1,296 Liked 1,439 Times in 301 Posts	Re: Another new way to lose a round! See what happens when stick racers run an auto car! They get bored and start playin around with all the other stuff in there! Seriously, that was a great response to a real problem. Cool customer that Brad Z! __________________ James Schaechter 3163 STK

08-15-2012, 10:22 PM	#23
Phil Veldheer Racing Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Holland, MICHIGAN Posts: 155 Likes: 43 Liked 26 Times in 8 Posts	Re: Another new way to lose a round! I would have spoke up sooner, but I just got back from SPEEDWEEKS at the Bonneville Salt Flats ten minutes ago....we were lucky we had a skilled driver do all the right things...for me (tall) to fit in this car and load and unload it with the roll bars, etc. I HAD to have a removable steering wheel..and I unloaded the car and left it with Brad, HE SAW ME PULL ON IT with all my might...and it STILL CAME OFF....I think I am going to switch to another brand... It could have been a very bad weekend....what most people might not know is that BRAD WON THE 2nd race that was held on SUNDAY!!! Phil __________________ PHIL VELDHEER 3455 STK IHRA WORLD Record Holder 2007-08-09-10-11-12-13-14-15-16

08-15-2012, 10:58 PM	#24
conmyshirt1373 Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 52 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Another new way to lose a round! At the national event at Norwalk last year I saw a gentleman named Clark with GT A or B grand am launch his car, the steering wheel came offf he stopped put it back on ,continued the run and won when his opponent ran out.

08-16-2012, 12:09 AM	#25
Bill Moulding Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 58 Likes: 0 Liked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Re: Another new way to lose a round! Phil I had this happen on a kit I had. I removed the steering wheel from the hub and found that when the hub was fully engaged the splined shaft protruded thru the hub just a small amount. My solution was to shim the steering wheel away from the hub. It wasn't very much. Bill