[DeTomaso] steering rack, was "thermostats"
Thomas Tornblom
Thomas.Tornblom at hax.se
Mon Jun 29 17:54:31 EDT 2009
I addressed the rack issue today, and removing one of the thickest
shims, there were two thick ones, one medium and one really flimsy
shims, made the rack much better.
I don't think it will make much difference for the tramlining, although
it will probably be easier to keep it on the road.
I will probably modify the upper A-arms over the winter to add more caster.
Cheers,
Thomas
Charles McCall skrev:
> Oh, btw Charlie, your suggestion about shimming the steering rack may in
> fact be a good advice. I took it for a drive this afternoon, and I now
> notice a distinct play in the steering wheel with the wheels pointing
> straight.
> ***Begs the question - has something worn, or was it assembled that way? In
> my case, it would appear to have been assembled that way and perhaps had a
> loose steering rack from day 1? Unless someone snuck in and added shims in
> the middle of the night.
>
> Tomas thought that the assembly must have "settled" or something - there was
> some kind of gunk that wore away with time leaving the slop. It's otherwise
> inconceivable that they would have mounted a brand new steering rack with
> slack in the system...
>
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