<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">The rack I purchased flew apart 20 minutes after it was installed on the TR6 while sitting in the garage!!!!<div><br></div><div>Allen<br><div><div>On Nov 10, 2015, at 8:18 AM, Sam Halkias wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>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. <br><br><br>Sam Halkias<br><br><br><blockquote type="cite">On Nov 9, 2015, at 2:53 PM, Tony Sheach <<a href="mailto:tony.sheach@live.co.uk">tony.sheach@live.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Charly<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">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.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">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.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">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).<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">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. <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Regards<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Tony <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Sent from my iPhone<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">On 9 Nov 2015, at 07:04, Charly <<a href="mailto:charly@mitchelplumbing.com">charly@mitchelplumbing.com</a>> wrote:<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Friends,<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">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 <br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">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?<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Thanks, <br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Charly Mitchel<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Tr6 #44<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">_______________________________________________<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net">fot@autox.team.net</a><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><a href="http://www.fot-racing.com">http://www.fot-racing.com</a><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Donate: <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/archive">http://www.team.net/archive</a><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Forums: <a href="http://www.team.net/forums">http://www.team.net/forums</a><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/fot/tr4.tony@virgin.net">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/fot/tr4.tony@virgin.net</a><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">_______________________________________________<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net">fot@autox.team.net</a><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><a href="http://www.fot-racing.com">http://www.fot-racing.com</a><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Donate: <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/archive">http://www.team.net/archive</a><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Forums: <a href="http://www.team.net/forums">http://www.team.net/forums</a><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/fot/atr6racer@hotmail.com">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/fot/atr6racer@hotmail.com</a><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote>_______________________________________________<br><a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net">fot@autox.team.net</a><br><br>http://www.fot-racing.com<br><br>Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html<br>Archive: http://www.team.net/archive<br>Forums: http://www.team.net/forums<br>Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/fot/awashatko@wi.rr.com<br><br><br></div></blockquote></div><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>Allen Washatko</div><div>#6 Triumph TR6</div><div><br></div></div><br></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br></div></body></html>