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suthol
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Re: Shortening steering rack?	Sat, 03 January 2004 12:02

Joel, As Dominic said shortening the rack is not rocket science, however getting the inner tie rod ends into the correct position is close to it. The tie rods should be parallel with the lower wishbones and the inner tie rod ball joint should be in a straight line between the upper and lower inner wishbone pivots, the game changes again when you are talking strut suspension. I suggest that you go to a good automotive book shop and buy the relevant reference, the Race and Rally Source Book by Alan Staniforth is in plain english is a good read and not a bad starting point before you head off into the heavy stuff. You will not be able to cut more thread on the tie rods because it is a " rolled " thread and created in a forging process. Find a rack that is a suitable length ( or shorten ), if you then can't cut down the tie rod to a suitable length and still have thread, buy shorter ones and either make or have made suitable tie rod extenders, most machine shops will do this for only a few beer tokens. [Report message to a moderator]

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