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Graceland

posted on 24/1/04 at 01:20 PM Reply With Quote
Sierra steering rack

anyone used a sierra rack? the PAS flavour one is 2.5 turns lock to lock - wondered if the internals (ie - the rack ad the gear on the shaft end) could be used in a non pas case, as the non pas model is 4.5 turns lock to lock


cheers

paul






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theconrodkid

posted on 24/1/04 at 01:30 PM Reply With Quote
erm nope





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Graceland

posted on 24/1/04 at 01:38 PM Reply With Quote
bugger. lol

wonder if i could use the PAS rack without the PAS gubbins.......IE - normal unaided steering






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kingr

posted on 25/1/04 at 04:37 PM Reply With Quote
There was some discussion of this before, and the concensus was that it probably wouldn't pass SVA given the normal "if it's there, it has to work" approach.

Kingr

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JoelP

posted on 25/1/04 at 04:42 PM Reply With Quote
2.5 turns to lock with no assistance is gonna be pretty hard to turn! except the car is quite light i guess...

could be something to test post SVA?!





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theconrodkid

posted on 25/1/04 at 04:58 PM Reply With Quote
there are a lot more bits n peices inside a pas rack,doubt if you could use the rack n pinion bits only in a non pas case





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Mk-Ninja

posted on 25/1/04 at 05:30 PM Reply With Quote
Whats the optimun rack spec ie turns lock to lock, is there anything that you can use as standard or is it a specialy made rack. If so where to get one from and what sort of money are they.

Thanks Gordon





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robinbastd

posted on 25/1/04 at 08:50 PM Reply With Quote
Rallynuts.com have got Sierra quick racks on order,I'll post more as,when and if I hear more...............
Sending an email to Nick at Rallynuts might not be a bad idea. At the very least it'll jog his memory.
Ian

http://www.rallynuts.com/motorsport/

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JoelP

posted on 25/1/04 at 08:54 PM Reply With Quote
why not just use the quick rack and not plug in the assist pipes, or is this not how it works? legally the steering has to work if the assist fails anyway, same with the brakes.





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Graceland

posted on 25/1/04 at 09:10 PM Reply With Quote
need oil in the rack to keep it lubricated as there are pressure pistons inside it that need to be lubed to stop them sezing - so looping the pipes will keep the oil in and lubed inside aswell






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Peteff

posted on 25/1/04 at 09:55 PM Reply With Quote
The Indy is the only one I know that uses it and that is a cut down version modified by MK on exchange. The standard rack body is way too long.

yours, Pete.





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