[Fot] TR4 TR6 quick rack

[Chuck Arnold and/or Kathleen Kelley]

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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