brianfromhawaii

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hey so I need some advice here... my turbo piping melted the rubber out of the steering knuckle!! I ordered a new one, but it is going to melt again! any advice? ideas?

any companies make aftermarket ones?

I tried to weld it, but one part is steel, one part is aluminum... obvious problems

stevieturbo

Post a photo.

Any heat management in place ?

wild1100

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What manifolds are you running

brianfromhawaii

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no pics yet, but it melted here. one part is steel, the other is aluminum, held together by rubber.

HexenLord

Go get some header wrap and wrap your hotside piping. It'll cut down temps greatly.

brianfromhawaii

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cant do that in this situation.

stevieturbo

So have you any heat management in place at all ?

if not, then obviously you're going to keep melting things

brianfromhawaii

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the down pipe is notched to fit around that part. its the only part i cant wrap.

LILHEMI

Time to redesign your downpipe lol

brianfromhawaii

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ummm.... no, there is no other way to design it unless i dropped it from 4 to 3 inches...

stevieturbo

There is always a way. What turbo are you using ? A big single ? Where is it mounted ?

brianfromhawaii

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s480 mounted right infront of the engine, exhaust side twords drivers side because i keep AC, i just need to make this steering thing solid...

stevieturbo

Well I guess you could dismantle it, remove any rubber and weld it back together.

Or have a new section fabricated.

Doesnt look like it would be that difficult to do.

brianfromhawaii

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its steel to aluminum

stevieturbo

Which bit is steel and which bit aluminium ?

brianfromhawaii

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in the picture, the part to the left of the main shaft.

stevieturbo

A little odd for steering parts to be aluminium, especially a UJ like that

You can buy universal UJ's for motorsport applications, so I guess you could just fabricate a complete new piece

sparkwirez06

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buy a borgeson or flaming river u joint all billet needle bearing, remake the steering shaft. http://www.summitracing.com/search/p...ing%20U-Joints

brianfromhawaii

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i think i am just going to use an lt1 steering knuckle

http://s103.photobucket.com/user/the...RACKS.jpg.html

stevieturbo

If it's the top one, it looks to have a rubber section too.

A common piece on a lot of cars, although I have heard of some replacing it with solid.