[Fot] TR4 TR6 quick rack

[Allen Washatko]

The rack I purchased flew apart 20 minutes after it was installed on  
the TR6 while sitting in the garage!!!!

Allen
On Nov 10, 2015, at 8:18 AM, Sam Halkias wrote:

> Same deal for me. At Indy last June the rack I had failed exactly  
> the same way. Happened at the end of the front straight as I slowed  
> from 130 to 50 for the corner. The car started veering left towards  
> the wall as I turned right. I hit the wall at 35mph causing severe  
> suspension and body damage.
>
>
> Sam Halkias
>
>
>> On Nov 9, 2015, at 2:53 PM, 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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Allen Washatko
#6 Triumph TR6




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