SOA steering arms, knuckles

[la mula pescadora]

hello well i was about to do the knuckle for my soa steering conversion but i got stopt because i was told that the hole for the the tie rod has to be concave u know in form of a cone so the tie rod stud can seat tie and not brake so i was wondering if any of u who have done it did get a reamer or how did u make the hole?

[ibnfe]

The reamers are available but are both pricy and hard to find. You may be better off having a machinist ream the hole for you. It would probably be cheaper and quicker than buying the tool and doing it yourself.

[oldyellowwagoneer]

When I made my arm I bought a 15 degree taper ream from snap on.It wasn't more than 30 bucks(BLUEPOINT).Its a hand ream so drill the hole out as large as the small end of the ball joint first then throw away the instructions and chuck it into your air drill ;).Drill with slow bursts so as not to over heat the ream,keep checking the depth so you don't go too deep to tighten it down tight.
SCOUTGRL

[mark]

scoutgirl is right.its 7.5 deg taper per side.i did mine on a cnc mill but thats one of the advantages of having a machine shop.

[la mula pescadora]

yea tats what i was planing to do but the snap on guy said that it whont work but if u did it i might try it i was planing in using 1 inch steel

oh it is a hand reamer right

[la mula pescadora]

i just recived an e mail from parts mike and here are the prices what do u think

One CNC'd arm is $85.00, the 3 studs, 3 conical washers and 3 grade 8 locknuts
are an additional $21.00.

or should i go with the trouble of doing it by my self lets see $ 12 dlls for a foot of 1 by 3 steel plate reamer about $30 bolts or studs about $5 total of $47 and i could said i did it right
what do u tink?

[Jake_S]

la mula, spend the money and get ti from Mikes. You'll be happier in the long run.
Jake_S

[River Beast]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by la mula pescadora:
i just recived an e mail from parts mike and here are the prices what do u think

One CNC'd arm is $85.00, the 3 studs, 3 conical washers and 3 grade 8 locknuts
are an additional $21.00.

or should i go with the trouble of doing it by my self lets see $ 12 dlls for a foot of 1 by 3 steel plate reamer about $30 bolts or studs about $5 total of $47 and i could said i did it right
what do u tink?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I got all my parts from him...GREAT guy and quality parts.... I recommend yo ugo to him for your stuff.