[Fot] Steering rack failure at Kcup

[Tony Drews]

I'd pull it and put an OEM one back in.  You may be able to drill and 
tap a hole to put one or more pins in it, but total steering failure 
is not a good thing!

Tony Drews

At 02:40 PM 5/20/2014, Chuck Arnold and/or Kathleen Kelley wrote:
>Is there any fix for this?  I have one of those in the car now!  Should I
>pull it?
>
>
>On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 11:04 AM, Greg And Alison Blake <
>ablake2 at austin.rr.com> wrote:
>
> > This weekend at the Kastner Cup race at ECR Dad's steering rack let go
> > right
> > after the left hand turn at the end of the back straight. Fortunately no
> > one
> > was injured and the car was ok. Ed Barnard came to the rescue with a quick
> > drive to his shop for a OEM rack pulled off the shelf. Dad was ready for
> > racing come Sunday morning.
> >
> > The failed rack was an aftermarket rack. We don't know the orgin of the
> > rack
> > as it was in the car when he purchased it in 2009.
> >
> > The rack tube pulled out of the pinion housing.  In looking at the rack
> > tube,
> > this appears to be a poor design. The steel tube is simple pressed into the
> > aluminum pinion casting. There is no evidence of a positive means of
> > securing
> > the rack tube to the casting.
> >
> > Needless to say, I'll be sourcing a OEM rack to replace my quick rack
> > before
> > the next race.
> >
> > As has been stated before, if you are using a replacement rack, check it
> > carefully.
> >
> > This could have been a very disastrous failure.
> >
> > We have pictures if you want them.
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