Meyer 818 build in Tampa Bay Area

[Scott Meyer]

One week until F5 is done with our kit, then we get to wait for the big blue Stewart truck. Hopefully before thanksgiving we shall receive our 818S!

In the meantime we’ve been preparing and restoring the donor parts. And building up the non donor new parts. It’s satisfying for me to assemble the all new front steering knuckle, calipers pads and ball joints. Pressing in new bearings and hubs was rather easy with the right tools. Ended up using one of those multi size tool Kits for pressing in bearings and seals that you simply ratchet together (in lieu of hydraulic press).

Both front hubs are done and ready to mount. The only donor part was the drilled and slotted rotors, and the CV drive axle which Liam removed and cleaned up and we painted the inside with POR-15

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And the steering rack is restored, painted and converted to manual steering. All new inner and outer tie rods ends as well.

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[roadrashrob]

Scott,

Where did you find the best info for depowering the rack. I'm at that point with my kit not coming until December, but after reading this entire thread I'm more confused that when I started! :-o
https://thefactoryfiveforum.com/show...anual+steering

I've been holding off on some things "assuming" the FFR manual would detail the steps.

[sgarrett]

Just connect the two fittings with a section of tubing. In Scott's picture you can see he used rigid tubing for the 90 degree bends and the flexible tubing to connect them.

[roadrashrob]

Thanks. That part I knew, but maybe I didn't take my rack apart enough yet. I was wondering what I do with the fittings with the three red arrows? From the looks of Scott's, I guess I just remove that entire piece.
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[Scott Meyer]

Hmmm...had everyone done this? What ride height do you have your 818 at? When I built my roadster over a decade ago, everyone said the same thing about bump steer and how horrible it was. I never saw it as a problem with the F5 kit and mustang manual steering rack.

We are not planning any racing, just street driving and maybe an AutoX at best.
Any links to the Baer bump steer kit?

[Scott Meyer]

Success with the first seat!

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[Scott Meyer]

Next three panels (front) have been body work finished, DA sanded to 320, and just shot the first coat of 2K urethane primer!

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The grill is almost ready but got tired of sanding all the nooks.

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[grabera7]

You can cut those axle stubs down pretty far. Check out my build thread for pictures.