[Fot] Steering rack failure at Kcup

[Bill Babcock]

I have one I installed in a street TR3 Im building. Im going to machine a
retainer to pin the steel housing to the casting. I thought it looked pretty
iffy when I first looked at it.

On May 20, 2014, at 1:19 PM, <rkramer3 at austin.rr.com> <rkramer3 at austin.rr.com>
wrote:

> 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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