[Fot] Steering rack failure at Kcup

[rkramer3 at austin.rr.com]

Bob Blake was very lucky to not have been involved in a serious incident at that spot on the track.

Bob Kramer
rkramer3 at austin.rr.com

---- Tony Drews <tony at tonydrews.com> wrote: 
> 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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