[Fot] Fwd: Fwd: Steering arm pic

[Joe Alexander]

This is new and good news. It may save some hapless TR guy from coming to grief.

The one we saw at Eagles Canyon was a hay bale incident. It could have been Armco or another Triumph.

Thanks John S and Ken K.

Joe Alexander
645 1st Street
Jesup, IA 50648
The-vintage-racer.com
Gasketinnovations.com
Cell:  319.464.4711

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> From: "Kenneth Knight" <kknight at klaenv.com>
> Date: February 29, 2016 at 8:49:47 AM MST
> To: "'Joe Alexander'" <joealexandervintage at gmail.com>
> Subject: RE: [Fot] Fwd: Steering arm pic
> 
> Just to let everyone know, Moss sells a kit called a Security Kit (667-293) that prevents the rack ends from coming apart.  I had already made a part that was similar for the quick rack I have been running for years but you should install this kit if you make the decision to run this rack.   I would have no problem installing and racing a quick rack with this kit.
>  
> Ken 
>  
> From: Joe Alexander [mailto:joealexandervintage at gmail.com] 
> Sent: Monday, February 29, 2016 7:19 AM
> To: Stephen Borowski
> Cc: FOT Triumph
> Subject: Re: [Fot] Fwd: Steering arm pic
>  
> Steve, quick ratios racks have been known to fail. Several of us witnessed this failure at Eagles Canyon.
>  
> You should research this thoroughly. If I had one I would look at modifying it to prevent the failure, but many are just not using them.
>  
> Regards,
> 
> Joe Alexander
> 645 1st Street
> Jesup, IA 50648
> The-vintage-racer.com
> Gasketinnovations.com
> Cell:  319.464.4711
> 
> On Feb 28, 2016, at 3:52 PM, Stephen Borowski <biznzman at pacbell.net> wrote:
> 
> Hello All,
> Ok for you Mechanical Engineers, Which steering arm should I use for my TR4 race car? As you can see from the attached picture one steering arm is longer than the other. I believe the one bolted to the car is from a TR6 and the other resting on top (to show the length difference) is from some other Triumph. I understand the shorter arm would result in quicker action but would it induce some type of unwanted condition? The Tie Rod end would be just aft of the brake disk leading edge… FYI I am using the Quick Ratio Rack.
>  
> On another subject but related. When using the stock steering rack frame mounts, the Tie Rods coming out of the rack end up angled forward towards the front of the car. Im not talking about level of the tie rod, i.e., straight with the rack as this does affect Bump Steer. So if i was to use the forward mounting holes (don’t use the rear holes) and add an additional plate thus moving the complete rack forward about one inch, the angle of the tie rods would be straight to the steering arm does this improve performance?
>  
> Thanks for your comments.
>  
> Steve B.
> Florida TR4 Race Car
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