Bean Bandits Levin 'Globetrotter'

[Bean]

Left work early today to head down to the garage to refit my BV2 steering kit.
As mentioned before and in other threads it's not as straightforward as some people might wish for. But let's start from the beginning

Parked the car over the pit as it's more convenient for this job than on a lift.
Gather the usual tools, plus a three legged puller (to free the ball joints from the Tie rods) and vanished in the pit. Some hours later, bruised and tired it was all said and done. I did the whole thing in steps, hence why it took so long (2 pictures will follow and will take some more next week).
Now for the revealing infos:

Step #1: Battle Version Steering Kit 2 + everything else steering related stock + 14x6 ET 20 wheels = Fail, tire wall hits tension rod and chassis - plenty of steering potential left
Step #2: Same as above + 25mm spacers = Semi fail, tire clears (with marginal room) but due to lack of RCAs the lower brake caliper bolt hits the tension rod. There's still 5mm of movement on the rack available.
Step #3: not there yet, will be my merged LCAs

Step #1 and #2 have something in common though, the adjustment on the outer tie rods is insufficient. I currently have both sides completely wound in (as short as they go) and they are still too long which results in toe in - how much I can't tell yet as haven't measured it yet. Car feels sketchy to drive but for the short and slow paced trips I do it will be fine.

As I'll be extending the LCAs the above common issue will be resolved and as far as I can tell without having done particular measurements I'll also have enough thread left to be safe.
As elaborated in an earlier post my extension will also allow more room to the tension rod, so the bolt should clear.
How much the last 5mm of travel on the rack increase angle I don't know - hopefully not too much as else the chance of the tire hitting the chassis or tension arm rises again.

more to come... also plan to make some progress on the block this month

stay tuned