Steering angle sensor

[Matt Seabrook]

Has anybody got any photos of steering angle sensors fitted to Westfields. I am wanting to fit one to my car with a Race-Technology DL1. My problem is the steering column down to the rack swings in an ark as you turn the wheel so the normal string pot idea is not going to be very accurate. Help and advise greatly appreciated.

[John Loudon - Sponsorship Liaison]

Could you not do the same thing where it comes out from the bulkhead as its adjacent to the lower bearing there and surely no movement?

[Matt Seabrook]

John it joins right on to the uj and that's where the problems start.

[Dave]

I did a bit of work on a catering buss r400 a couple of weeks ago the steering angle sensor was not working.

The setup was mounted as the steering shaft exits the scuttle, it was just a alloy pulley fixed on the shaft and a rubber "O" ring (figure of 8) to a pulley on the rotary encoder mounted on an ally bracket on the scuttle.

The O ring had snapped so just replaced it by splitting the coupling and taped an extra ring onto the shaft for the next time it goes

simnple set-up seems to do the job

Dave

[Matt Seabrook]

Thanks Dave I had thought about this method but was hoping for a more robust solution. Still I might just give it a go.

[Flat Eric]

Have the parts, but have NOT done it yet, so interested in how you do this.

Older westfields do not have steering lock. In particular they do not have the tube that encases the steering column under the dash.

I plan to

- cut this tube(encasing steering column)  leaving enough space to mount bracket for the sensor.

-Mounting toothed wheel to steering column.

-Toothed belt joining the two.

[Crash test dummy]

Eric,

Will you be able to programme it to give you a "waaaaaay too much" understeer warning or a "look out here comes a ditch" alert.

The new beast won't be doing much in the way of cornering will it? It is mostly American after all.