I am impressed that anyone has gone to such lengths. I suppose another thing
one could do is file down the outer teeth on the rack, to even it out, so
that one can remove a shim. I admire the attitude, but at some point one
might as well buy a new rack.
on 3/4/03 11:55 PM, Bullwinkle at yd3@nvc.net wrote:
> <<<snip>>>
> The reason is that the wear is concentrated in the middle of the rack.
> <<<snip>>>
> The following suggestions work on the TD and MGA, so I would assume it
> would work on the MGB.
>
> The rack usually does wear more than the pinion. But you can rotate the
> pinion 180, to put fresh teeth in the straight ahead position. The
> process does involve removing the rack and disassembling it. Another
> point of wear is the upper part of the housing where the rack's 'teeth'
> have ground out the ends. I read where someone bored these ends and
> fitted bushes.
>
> Blake
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