Rack conversion - steering damper?

[al_kaholik]

And I can vouch for the quality of Alex's parts And thanks for the advice so far tumba your setup looks interesting - would love to see some more pics

The bracket for the steering damper/rack mount is avaialble from VW - the polo I got it off didn't have one as it wasn't a GT or G40

Any idea of what length the damper is? I was looking and think that one from an 02/03 might be fine, just without the big rubber doughnut on the rod.

Also for the UJ...! The perfect part as is supplied with the Classic Centrum kit (expensive) has what appears to be the VW Iltis stub and UJ to connect to the rack. I've been looking at Mk1 Golf UJs and wondering if they will fit; the thin spline ones. The thing I like about the later Golf ones is how it all joins together neatly with the bolt together section



Decisions, decisions... Hoping to get my chassis as close to finished as I can when I'm home in a couple of weeks. Just ordered the rear Bilsteins for a good price too

[evilC]

Al, the main purpose of a steering damper is to help control the unwanted side effects that are generated by the suspension/steering/brake set up. Big caster angles, large negative scrub radius, big and heavy wheels, powerful brakes, high ratio rack, all will generate a situation where the steering is controlled by the wheel and not the driver. A steering damper adds back some contol to the driver but won't stop the tendency for wheel inputs to want to take over.
You know what the set up is so you will have to be the ultimate arbiter. If it were me, I would do without initially and then fit one if it were needed. If its convenient prepare the barcket locations now so that all you have to do is fit the damper rather than fabricate all the brackets. I would use an 02/03 one so as not to over complicate the issue.