[Fot] Steering rack failure at Kcup

[Greg And Alison Blake]

This  is in regards to the TR4 aftermarket racks.

Not sure of other models affected.

Greg

> On May 20, 2014, at 2:20 PM, kkjjk at aol.com wrote:
>
> I am new to this.  What kind of car does your dad race?  Thanks- Jay De Pol
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg And Alison Blake <ablake2 at austin.rr.com>
> To: FOT <fot at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tue, May 20, 2014 2:04 pm
> Subject: [Fot] Steering rack failure at Kcup
>
> 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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