Greg,
A few things to check before you right of the rack: Inner ball joint
and outer tie rod on the rack, are they in good shape? Pop the hood
and turn the wheel from left to right (about 45 degrees in each
direction) while watching the steering rack. Does the rack move left
to right quite a bit? All TR6 racks float a bit due to the ridiculous
way the factory mounts them to the frame, purchase some aluminum
steering rack mounts from TRF or Goodparts, this will take care of that
in short order. Take a look at the front suspension and make sure the
guy who did the work for you put everything back together right and
tightened everything. If it turns out that you do need a new rack, TRF
rebuilds them quite nicely. I put a TRF rebuilt unit in a few years
back, works great. Moss advertised a brand new rack unit using a
faster ratio for quicker steering. They might also make brand new
units in stock steering ratio.
Tim Holbrook
1971 TR6
--- greg packer <g_packer@prodigy.net> wrote:
> Dear list,
>
> I'm hoping someone out there has a suggestion or answer for me. My
> TR-6 (1969) has a loose feel to the steering. I've have the front
> end rebuilt not long ago and the guy who did it seems to think the
> problem might be in the steering rack.
>
> The problem is not noticeable around town, but on the highway the
> front wheels tend to bounce as if out of balance, I had them checked
> and that doesn't appear to be the problem, I also checked to see that
>
> the wheels weren't out of round/dented, they're not new by any means,
>
> but seem to check out. In addition, the car seems to float a little
> (at speeds of 60 mph or better) and then catch in a semi- scarry way
> when you're trying to slightly correct it's direction leading me to
> believe that the rack assembly might be worn and this play in the
> wheel is a warning sign.
>
> My questions are:
>
> 1-does this sound like the problem?
> 2-given that no one appears to have replacement or good re-built
> units, what are my options?
>
> Thanks for any thoughts you might have.
>
>
> Greg Packer
> g_packer@prodigy.net
>
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