Arthur. Hi. Sorry, I'm not ignoring you ....
Christmas has been crazy busy and now we're in the "everything closes down " time of the year, so chasing parts is a lost cause.
When Peter gets back from his Christmas break he'll have a look at your idea of the steering shaft being too long. We had to have a new one fabricated because the kit comes with only a very short splined shaft from the rack. I have three universals in my system although as I said before once the initial stiction is overcome the steering works perfectly to either lock with no more binding...??? The binding occurs only at the limit of the free play around the dead ahead position and then the steering's great except for the fact that it can't overcome the binding as it tries to return to the dead ahead position and subsequently is unable to self-centre. And to answer your question -- yes the original MGB steering is still in place from the steering wheel to the first universal, although it's been shifted an inch to the right and an inch up to allow more left elbow room for me. And yes again, Pete will be having a look to see if the problem lies right there, even though the binding problem only started with the installation of the new IFS. Lots to check... One thing at a time... Patience grasshopper!
Residual valves have already been installed in the brake lines. They come as part of Ted's kit. The balance bar asembly is to be completely rebuilt to try to achieve more front brake bias.
I'll post some photos as soon as I can.
Who was it who said it was only a four bolt installation?
Thanks for your interest and advice mate. Enjoy the holiday season and let's hope that 2012 sees both our cars on the road and performing superbly.