[DeTomaso] SS ZF linkage turnbuckle???

[Larry Finch]

Steve wrote:

Larry, 

They would only have a left-right if the shafts you're connecting are in line with each other, which there weren't.
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I have no classes in physics or mechanical engineering showing on any of my transcripts, so my ability to properly analyze and then describe such matters is, I must admit, 
challenged at best.

From Steve’s reply, I infer he is pointing out my “left-right” descriptive term was lacking, incomplete, or wrong.  Perhaps if I had included ‘swivel', or ‘articulated', or
some other term, Steve would have penned a kinder ‘review' of my post?  

I’m not sure if he was trying to state the forces on u-joints used in a steering column and the ZF shift linkage (to include the push me-pull me forces) are in fact the same, and thus his successful experience with a steering column application should be thus expected to transfer to a successful shift linkage application, or if he is just pointing out my error in using the “left-right” terminology.

Sadly, no clarifying explanation was delivered along with the critique.

I still fail to see how a steering column u-joint’s actions (however they are properly described), where both ends of the shaft are in permanently stable positions, even begins to see the same push me-pull me forces seen by the solid (no slip joints) ZF shift rod in its forward and rearward movements during gear changes.

Slip-joint steering columns. Solid shift linkage.

Apples. Oranges.

My 2¢

Larry - educational critiques wholeheartedly solicited  ;-)


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   Steve wrote:

Larry,

They would only have a left-right if the shafts you're connecting are in line wi
th each other, which there weren't.

   ===========================

   I have no classes in physics or mechanical engineering showing on any
   of my transcripts, so my ability to properly analyze and then describe
   such matters is, I must admit,

   challenged at best.

   From Steve's reply, I infer he is pointing out my "left-right"
   descriptive term was lacking, incomplete, or wrong.  Perhaps if I had
   included `swivel', or `articulated', or

   some other term, Steve would have penned a kinder `review' of my post?


   I'm not sure if he was trying to state the forces on u-joints used in a
   steering column and the ZF shift linkage (to include the push me-pull
   me forces) are in fact the same, and thus his successful experience
   with a steering column application should be thus expected to transfer
   to a successful shift linkage application, or if he is just pointing
   out my error in using the "left-right" terminology.

   Sadly, no clarifying explanation was delivered along with the critique.

   I still fail to see how a steering column u-joint's actions (however
   they are properly described), where both ends of the shaft are in
   permanently stable positions, even begins to see the same push me-pull
   me forces seen by the solid (no slip joints) ZF shift rod in its
   forward and rearward movements during gear changes.

   Slip-joint steering columns. Solid shift linkage.

   Apples. Oranges.

   My 2-c-

   Larry - educational critiques wholeheartedly solicited  ;-)