[Fot] Mine's too big!

[malaboge at aol.com]

Looks like a one-of-a-kind homebrew special. Actually fairly well made with the usual early Triumph drum brake uprights (the kind with the steering arm thru the upright) in the front with homemade upper a-arms and TR Herald type lower a-arms. Don't know what the rack is from (hoping someone could measure their rack and lemme know the length of the housing), but its waay to long for this setup. Probably made in the early '60's.


-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Householder <trhouse at columbus.rr.com>
To: malaboge <malaboge at aol.com>
Sent: Sat, Jul 9, 2016 2:46
Subject: Re: [Fot] Mine's too big!


WHAT KIND OF OLD SPORTS RACER??????




On Jul 8, 2016, at 12:05 AM, malaboge at aol.com wrote:


A good buddy of mine asked me to post this request, seems he has a need for a new smaller rack.


So a buddy bought an old sports racer and took it out for a shake down cruise. According to him, the steering in the car was "diabolical". He brought it around to the shop to see if anything seemed amiss.
Once we removed the front bodywork everything looked pretty normal, and well attached. I slid a jack under it and started to lift the front end...whoa!!! The toe in change had to be measured with a yardstick!
We fooled around with the rack mounts, the tie rod height and angle and got it down to 12" ruler issues!

No matter what we could do, it seemed the bumpsteer was just beyond belief. It looks like the rack that is in there is probably some kind of Triumph unit...spit or GT6 ...maybe even TR4/6/ It measures 18.5" overall for the housing with an approx 1" diameter tube.  At that length the tie rod articulation is half way across the lower a-arms!

I'm guessing it needs a 13" - 15" outer tube to get it within inches of bumpsteer to start.

SO, can youse guys check and measure whatever racks you have in you cars...mg tr rootes...whatever and let me know if you have anything approaching 14" tube size or so?

rackin my brain here ...

Im gonna post this on the TR group as well
Bill

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