Les’ Nor Cal Wine Country 33 build #1121

[sethmark]

Wheels are HOT.

[Mrallsport32]

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Also, my son was at SEMA last week and talked with Jim from Factory Five. my son showed him some pictures of my build. Jim was very helpful, he is the director of R & D.
So I received an email from Jim the other day. He is sending me, new hood hinges, door striker mounts and the steering bind fix for the Gen 2. Apparently the same hinges don’t work with the different year grills on the Gen 2., Maybe it’s the grills Different angles I don’t know.
Anyway we’re moving forward.
It’s too nice of a day to be in the garage, off to the golf course. Haha
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[peterh226]

What’s the steering bind fix? I got some late hood hinges so maybe they are ok.

[Mrallsport32]

What’s the steering bind fix? I got some late hood hinges so maybe they are ok.

Apparently they are twisting the D shaft 90 degrees and that’s supposed to take the bind out of the steering shaft universal that most of the Gen 2’s are experiencing with the electric assist.
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[peterh226]

Apparently they are twisting the D shaft 90 degrees and that’s supposed to take the bind out of the steering shaft universal that most of the Gen 2’s are experiencing with the electric assist.
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I checked the clocking of the I-joint into and out of the power steering to make sure they were 90 degrees different and it reduced the binding a lot. Still a tiny bit but once it’s on the ground I doubt I will notice. So, much better and an easy fix.

[Mrallsport32]

I checked the clocking of the I-joint into and out of the power steering to make sure they were 90 degrees different and it reduced the binding a lot. Still a tiny bit but once it’s on the ground I doubt I will notice. So, much better and an easy fix.

FYI
I got the steering fix from FF. It is the D Shaft that goes from the firewall down to the back of the electric assist. They milled each end so the D shape is opposite (90*) on each end. I Put it in and the steering is very smooth and completely free of any bind at All.