hey guys, i saw on datsport they have 1600 steering box braces, i was just wondering if there was anything going around for 180b's?

or anyway to adapt the 1600 one to the 180b, although there the same steering box apparently it doesnt fit

Cheers Jack.

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Its not that i have no money, i just have a huge investment in my datsuns!

Maddat have braces for 3 and 4 bolt 180b boxes.

Which reminds me, I still have to send the 4 bolter I have back to them >_<

why are you sending it back?

cheers i found them on there site might pick one up soon

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Its not that i have no money, i just have a huge investment in my datsuns!

I needed a 3 blot, they sent me a 4 bolt. They then sent me a 3 bolt and I haven't yet sent back the 4 bolt. It's in my glovebox.

^^^^ LOL I was thinking on making one up but cbf so I'm just gonna get one off them and make up and extra brace like the DS one.

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yawn been over this before, the DS 1600 brace fits a 180B with a little bit of bending and a hammer taken to the inner guard.

thats the thing tho shouldn't have to.

I'd rather machine up a spacer to make up the gap or make one from scratch, but the easiest thing is just buying one form MadDat, tho i hate it when such errors where you get the wrong part happens but what can you do???

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Or....you could buy one that fits....

What i was getting at was that this has been covered before.

I bet you won't find a thread on here, apart from this one, that actually tells someone where they can get one from tho.

Sure "get a 1600 one and bash it with a hammer" may have been said before, but there aren't likely to be too many threads about 180b bolt on braces as Maddat only started making them a couple of months ago.

How about contributing something worthwhile or shutting the **** up?

aww cowboy. beat me to the flaming, but i agree, and if its so worthless why reply? i did look for a answer on here and talked to datsport so its not like im just spamming the forums with stupid questions without looking first.

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Does the steering box brace make as much of a difference on the 180B?

Can anyone who has one provide feedback?

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At the risk of being abused, it makes no differance. The 180B (or at least mine) doesn't flex without the brace. Rebuilding the steering box on the other hand is one of the best things ive had done

IMO it does, may not seem when dry steering but once there are bigger loads on the box it will flex.

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Who's a good place to go to for rebuilding the stock box?

A couple of places I spoke to reckoned the steering box ain't the rebuildable type (so it's good to know that wasn't true)