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11-06-2009 #1
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What do you predict the failure mode will be?
Originally Posted by Damn True
You are missing something.
Work + harden =
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11-06-2009 #2
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I'm not an engineer, nor did I stay at a holiday in express last night. Originally Posted by JohnUlaszek
That said, a rag joint is used where there is a differential angle between a steering shaft and the input shaft to a steering gear or rack. The rag joint flexes each time the shaft turns at a relative point 90deg out from the vertical axis and is concentrated between the bolts. I would suppose, rightly I believe, that this assembly will flex at that same point, work harden and fail.
Either that or the bolt holes will eventually elongate until a failure develops between a bolt hole and the outside edge of the disk.True T.
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whats wrong with having a rag joint. does going to a solid set up make that big a diffrence?
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