[Fot] Steering rack failure at Kcup

[Tony Drews]

"Made In Argentina" = "Bad".  That was the gist of the prior 
discussion.  Luckily that discussion happened before I installed my 
new "Made In Argentina" quick rack.  All of the prior failures are 
the rack tube pulling out of the pinion casting causing pretty much 
total steering failure (it's what holds the rack against the pinion).

Tony Drews

At 01:24 PM 5/20/2014, jerryvv at roadrunner.com wrote:
>One of the Brit's mentioned this very issue in the spring, something 
>about Moss I think and the rack being made in South America 
>somewhere. I believe he was discussing this with Moss Europe. 
>Perhaps he will post what he's learned.
>JVV
>---- 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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