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Re: Shortening steering rack?
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Sat, 03 January 2004 01:44
 
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| TurboRA28 wrote on Sat, 03 January 2004 07:27 |
Is the section in red the track rod you refer to? Can this come off and there is a threaded section?
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Yeah, the inner pivot on the end of the rack has flats machined in the sides so you can grip it to unscrew. It's apparent that that's the drivers side, with the teeth quite close to the end of the rack. Might well be easier to chop 30mm off the other end and have it rethreaded as it should have no teeth nearby.
If you've got plenty of travel to play with then shortening the housing obviously isn't required. To put things in perspective, the clubman builders I mentioned before are often taking as much as 100mm out of Ford Escort racks which definitely does need the housing modded 
So, out with the rack, off with the track rods (actually tie rods probably is more correct terminology for a R&P), and down to your local engineering shop for a quick cut and rethread. Job done 
Good luck,
Dominic
(who, as a form of personal torture, is building a mid-engined clubman style car, with silvertop 20-valve drivetrain behind the seats and Gemini front suspension)
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Shortening steering rack?
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TurboRA28 | Fri, 02 January 2004 08:01 |
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Scorpion | Fri, 02 January 2004 08:32 |
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TurboRA28 | Fri, 02 January 2004 10:16 |
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Scorpion | Fri, 02 January 2004 11:49 |
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TheGecko | Fri, 02 January 2004 13:46 |
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TurboRA28 | Fri, 02 January 2004 21:27 |
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TheGecko | Sat, 03 January 2004 01:44 |
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TurboRA28 | Fri, 02 January 2004 21:34 |
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Scorpion | Fri, 02 January 2004 22:41 |
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mrshin | Sat, 03 January 2004 07:34 |
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TurboRA28 | Sat, 03 January 2004 07:50 |
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