I believe you'll find that in some -maybe many- jurisdictions home modified steering components are illegal precisely because of the danger they present to others on the road .... considering the regulatory regime in CA, I wouldn't be surprised if it was so there

Bill

Moved over to the Passing Lane

"When we tug a single thing in nature we find it attached to the rest of the world" John Muir
"When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" me
Some TF series details & TF heater pics & Rust-a-holics Unanimous parking lot