[DeTomaso] steering racks are avaiable again.

[F&D Terry]

Mike,

The late cars also used a Cam Gears rack but they had nylon inner tie 
rod seats. I think they were made to be unadjustable for wear because 
the adjusting collar was locked with a pin instead of the usual 
retaining crimp. The pins had to be drilled out which is not usual 
assembly for anything that is intended to be rebuildable. I didn't like 
the one in my '87 and installed a new early rack. I had to shorten the 
tie rods, however.

Fred T.

MikeLDrew at aol.com wrote:

>In a message dated 6/11/07 7 39 51, Jaeckel-Partner-GMBH at t-online.de writes:
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>>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.
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>Roland,
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>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.
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>Please tell us more, and tell me if I am wrong about any of this?
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>Mike
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