[Fot] Steering rack failure at Kcup

[EDWARD BARNARD]

Group: Just a note on this, I called my sales Rep at Moss first thing
yesterday morning. He and I have discussed the issue many times  this past
year as complaints started to come in. I believe all the previous failures
were in Europe, and Moss of Europe put the racks on shipping hold, although
they continued to sell them here. My Rep put me through to another person who
told me that the quick racks sold by the big three all come from the same
supplier and did this one come from Moss or one of the other two (Vicky Brit
or TRF).  His main concern and primary question was if Bob was going to pursue
legal action. My impression is that they would really just like the issue to
disappear. 
On my side, I have a Spitty in the shop that a previous shop just
put a quick rack in before the new owner came to me. I am going to remove the
quick rack and reinstall her original OEM rack after I freshen it up. I will
tell her that I refuse to let her leave my place with that rack in her car. I
could not let anyone use one of these with a clear conscience. 
-Ed-
On
Tuesday, May 20, 2014 3:47 PM, Bill Babcock <ponobill at gmail.com> wrote:
  


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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