John,
I'm puzzled when you say the pax wheel is further out
than the driver side. Does that mean the whole wheel
sticks out further (compared at the fender wells) or
are we talking just the front of the tire? The
steering rack doesn't really "move" an entire tire in
and out...just the front...and that's really adjusting
the tie rods which extend out from the steering rack.
I went with the solid rack mounts...didn't really
notice the difficulty regarding the allen head screws,
but there were 2 of us...one on top & one underneath.
Todd
--- John VanNorman <jvannorman@wowway.com> wrote:
> Maybe someone can confirm my thoughts here. I've
> noticed that the passenger side front tire on my car
> extends out from
> the side of the car further than the driver side
> tire. Also, the steering wheel itself doesn't sit
> completely level
> when driving straight (i.e., it is turned to the
> left slightly). However, when driving it I've never
> really noticed any
> problems with the car drifting to one side or the
> other. I'm not an expert on front end alignment,
> but it seems to me
> that maybe the steering rack has shifted ever so
> slightly to the passenger's side. And what
> reconfirms my thoughts is
> the fact that in the bin of old parts the previous
> owner gave me, there are two old rubber steering
> rack mountings -
> which leads me to think he replaced the old ones and
> in doing so didn't get the steering rack back on
> properly. Am I
> crazy? Are there other more likely explanations?
>
> On a related note, those of you that have installed
> the Goodparts alloy steering rack mounts, since it
> is so hard to
> screw in the bolts, what steps are you taking to
> insure that the steering rack is perfectly aligned
> when you tighten
> everything down? With as difficult as it sounds to
> install them, it doesn't seem like it would be easy
> to adjust things
> later on.
>
> John V.
> 1974 1/2 TR6
> CF28149
>
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