[DeTomaso] steering racks are avaiable again.

Thomas Tornblom Thomas.Tornblom at hax.se
Mon Jun 11 12:11:00 EDT 2007


MikeLDrew at aol.com skrev:
> In a message dated 6/11/07 7 39 51, Jaeckel-Partner-GMBH at t-online.de writes:
> 
> 
>> We never thought, we can get it done, but now they are here:
>> Brand new Pantera steering racks are on sale for only
>> 450.- Dollar each.
>> Last racks from the factory where 1700 Dollar each.
>> Maybe someone will arrange a group buy, that will save a lot of freight 
>> costs.
>> On ten racks, we give a 10% discount.
>>
> 
> Roland,
> 
> What kind of racks are these?   The early Panteras (through the late 1970s) 
> used a British rack made by Cam Gears UK.   The later cars used a different 
> rack, which was very similar, but internally different.   I believe the last 
> racks were made by TRW.   They are assembled differently, and are difficult to 
> service--but of course if they are new, they don't *need* service!   (At least 
> not right away).   I believe even the new racks use a plastic bushing on the 
> right side, which wears out in about 30,000 miles.

My 1984 rack, which apparently is different from the early racks, was 
made by Cam Gears.

I used a standard brass bushing when I rebuilt it.

> 
> Please tell us more, and tell me if I am wrong about any of this?
> 
> Mike

Cheers,
Thomas



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