[Fot] Racks

[Dean Tetterton]

      There is a major problem, in my opinion, with the conversion that Bob
did. You have to shorten the tie rod ends because the rack tubes are so long.
This ends up with real short tie rod ends and a lot of bump steer. As the
suspension travels up and down, the wheels will turn in and out. They are
too short to correct this by moving the rack up or down. The pivot for the
tie rod ends need to be in align with the pivots for the upper and lower A
arms.
        This is one thing Ford got right in the Mustang II front suspension.
That's way a
lot of Street Rods are built using the Mustang II front suspension.

Dean T.
Also a Street Rodder....35 Ford Mustang II front suspension


On May 24, 2014, at 1:23 PM, Bill Sohl wrote:

> The fitting of a TRR4 steering rack has been done before. Bob Schaller (now
deceased)
> did it.  I believe it is written up in a publication Bob did which described
a number
> of performance and road ability aspects of TRs.
>
> The publication was available from The Roadster Factory...but
> I don't know if it still is.
>
> Bob lived in Arizona and also made certain machined parts for TRF.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Bill Sohl
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Hasty" <jhhasty at gdhs.com>
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> Sent: Friday, May 23, 2014 9:26 PM
> Subject: [Fot] Racks
>
>
>> Has anyone tried to fit the TR4 quick rack on a TR3?  If so what
modifications
>> were needed?
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