[TR] Steering rack boot

Sat Apr 8 18:50:44 MDT 2023

Sujit,

Yes, I have had one supplier’s boots turn to cheese after about 2 years.

The racks I have had rebuilt at Atlantic where they replaced the boots on rebuild have lasted many years, but I do not know where they sourced their parts.  Best guess since they started out as a Jaguar rack rebuilder that they know what fits across different units, BUT, I have not corresponded with them in at least 8 years since the original owner sold the company to one of the big rebuilders.

Also, it seems to me that the XJS Rack from the period is a very similar Adwest unit for parts, the mounting cast aluminum ends are different but swappable for the Stag and the early style ball end rods, but don’t hold me to that without first finding the assembly part numbers from a Jaguar guru like XK’s Unlimited which I think has also been sold to Moss?

For $9/$18 for the pair and free shipping, and free returns, try them, you can always send them back as crap, nice thing about Amazon Prime.

Glenn aka StagByTriumph Garage

From: Triumphs <triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net> On Behalf Of Sujit Roy
Sent: Saturday, April 8, 2023 12:19 PM
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Subject: [TR] Steering rack boot

The aftermarket rubber coming out of UK is rather poor.  

Some how this came up and someone in the reviews said it worked on their TR7.  I have a Stag,but searches show the TR7/8 Jag XJS are a few other british cars have use the same type. 

Has anyone found something similar made by a USA brand company?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HHNGG1K/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_1?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER <https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HHNGG1K/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_1?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1> &psc=1

Sujit

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Sujit Roy
Cupertino, California

https://triumphstagblog.wordpress.com/

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