Ah, good to see the numbers of 42182 popping up

the "connectors" from the axle to the sockets are too short and BFC inverse
-> should these get fixed, subfiled and reused in the original steering rods?

@rene

yeah i think so

would that then even qualify as prim?
what is the outer diameter of the sockets again? if r=9LDU maybe even axlebeam.dat would fit...

The sockets are r=8 and the axlebeam.dat is made for r=9. Doesn't fit here.
The needed condlines are left behind in the old position.

how (un)common is R8 to axle? subpart or prim? flush or extended?

I'm wrong. Sockets are r=10.
I think the "adapter" could be added in the socket subfile. It's in need of a rework, it's BFC CW.

Are you sure this new part has the old sockets? Maybe they use the newer 2739b socket?

I think 2739 has a (new) and b (old)...
the "old" one has thick ribs on one side, the "new" has thin ribs on both sides to be used both ways.
but yes, could be reworked.

Looks like "a" was the older, then came "b" for some time, then only "a" was used. 4514 indeed use "a" style. 2739as01 could indeed benefit of a rework, adding adapter segment.

fed inverted bfc

forgot to save the changes whoops

As the axlehole is reaching into the part, the condline there is bleeding through the ring

shorten the axlehole
1 16 0 0 10 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 80 0 axlehol8.dat

Change the adapter to the ring accordingly and move half of the adapter to a subfile:
0 // Adapter
3 14 -2 5.6023 90 -2 5.6023 90.398 0 6 90
1 14 -2 3.80115 90.199 0 1 0 -1.80115 0 0 0 0 .199 rect3.dat
4 14 -2 2 90.398 -2 2 90 -5.6023 2 90 -5.6023 2 91.9475
4 14 -5.6023 -2 91.9475 -6 0 92.2132 -6 0 90 -5.6023 -2 90
4 14 -5.6023 2 90 -6 0 90 -6 0 92.2132 -5.6023 2 91.9475
4 14 -5.6023 -2 91.9475 -5.6023 -2 90 -2 -2 90 -2 -2 90.398
1 14 -2 -3.80115 90.199 0 1 0 -1.80115 0 0 0 0 .199 rect3.dat
3 14 -2 -5.6023 90.398 -2 -5.6023 90 0 -6 90
2 11 -5.6023 -2 91.9475 -3.827 -2 90.761
2 11 -2 -2 90.398 -3.827 -2 90.761
2 11 -2 -5.6023 90.398 0 -6 90
2 11 -5.6023 2 91.9475 -6 0 92.2132
2 11 -5.6023 -2 91.9475 -6 0 92.2132
2 11 -2 5.6023 90.398 0 6 90
2 11 -3.827 2 90.761 -5.6023 2 91.9475
2 11 -2 2 90.398 -3.827 2 90.761
2 11 -5.6023 2 90 -5.6023 2 91.9475
2 11 -5.6023 -2 90 -5.6023 -2 91.9475
5 11 -6 0 90 -6 0 92.2132 -5.6023 2 90 -5.6023 -2 90

So you can use it twice on each ring

shoudl be a hold

I'd like to see this part rotated 90° around Z axis, so that the origin connector matches the orientation of other steering links

alno needs to fix the axle-ring adapters now...

Not a big deal, but orientation of the perpendicular tow ball socket is wrong, should be x or y mirrored. See this photo:
https://img.bricklink.com/ItemImage/EXTN/79512.png

Thanks!

Release 2025-06