[Tigers] MG Midget rack and stock steering arms

[snakebit289]

Hopefully along with feedback from others familiar with your question, you may want to get Dale's feedback trying what you hope to do. He should be back from the United tomorrow, possibly.
Rande Bellman
 


     On Monday, June 22, 2015 11:16 PM, genepadgett--- via Tigers <tigers at autox.team.net> wrote:
   

 Hi All,
I currently have installed Dale A's MG Midget rack and MGB steering arms conversion.    I have run this way for several years now and am generally satisfied with everything but the larger turning circle.   I am considering keeping the setup I have but going back to the shorter stock steering arms to tighten the turning circle.  Is anyone running Dale A's conversion with the stock steering arms?
If so are you able to use the Alpine tie rod ends from the conversion in the stock Tiger steering arms or is the taper on the bolt shaft different?    Other than the fact that Alpine tie rod ends come in LH and RH versions are they the same as Tiger tie rod ends?   I have test fitted a Tiger tie rod end on a spare Midget rack and the threads seem to be the same.   Of course the inner tie rod shaft on the MG rack is shorter than the Tigers so I still need to use Dale A's adjustable coupler (which is desirable for alignment purposes).
Do the stock steering arms mount as originally oriented left and right or do you need to flip them from side to side like you do with the  MGB steering arms in Dale A's conversion??
Any other issues I have not thought of?
I have measured the lock to lock travel in both the MG rack and the Tiger rack and they are the same.   I trealize that the stock steering arms will negate the ackerman angle improvement, such as it is, in Dale A's kit mod.  But my thinking is I am no worse off than stock and I like the much quicker lock to lock movement in the MG rack versus stock (2.7 turns vs 3.7?).   Steering effort may go up I guess...?
Thanks in advance for all advice and experiences shared.
Gene




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