[Fot] TR4 TR6 quick rack

[Chuck Arnold and/or Kathleen Kelley]

Unfortunately for us in US, it appears the TR Enterprises rack is for right
hand drive only.

On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 1:11 AM, Tony Sheach <tony.sheach at live.co.uk> wrote:

> All the racks sold by MOSS are made in Argentina - the only rack produced
> in the UK for the TR is made for TR Enterprises and has a solid billet
> casing, so instantly recognisable.
>
> Putting the Argentinian rack in a bag with a sticker that says 'product of
> the U.K.' Is surely just a dodge to mask the source and to hoodwink people
> into thinking that it's a different product. That's simply scandalous.
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On 10 Nov 2015, at 21:26, Jack Mc <LimeyV8 at aol.com> wrote:
>
> The quick rack I bought had a sticker on the bag that said "product of the
> U.K."
> AND
> a sticker on the rack that said "Made in Argentina"
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Nov 9, 2015, at 3:24 PM, Chuck Arnold and/or Kathleen Kelley <
> triosan at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Tony,
> Who si the source for the UK made rack?
>
> On Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 11:49 AM, Tony Sheach <tony.sheach at live.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
>> Charly
>>
>> There were a large number of failures of these racks in the UK on both
>> road and competition cars. For MOSS to say that there was only one is
>> simply untrue.
>>
>> I personally had TWO failures of brand new racks about 18 months apart.
>> Both of these failures involved the pinion housing separating from the rack
>> tube at high speed in very dangerous circumstances.
>>
>> I would NOT recommend the use of a MOSS rack to anyone, whether for road
>> or competition use because the manufacturing quality is poor and the
>> material quality is similarly inadequate. The information that I was given
>> at a meeting face to face with MOSS in london have me the impression that
>> some testing had been done, but the solution to the problem really had not
>> been found (ie do the job properly).
>>
>> I now use a custom made rack which has a single piece pinion housing and
>> rack tube made from billet aluminium. These are being made in the UK. I
>> will never use a steering rack supplied by MOSS again.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Tony
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> > On 9 Nov 2015, at 07:04, Charly <charly at mitchelplumbing.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Friends,
>> >
>> > I have a friend wanting to buy a quick steering rack for his TR4A.  I
>> told him there was a problem with them, but I thought it was resolved.  I
>> searched the archives
>> > and could find anything about it.  Does someone in the group know the
>> outcome of the problems that were brought to Moss on these quick racks?
>> > Thanks,
>> > Charly Mitchel
>> > Tr6 #44
>> >
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