[DeTomaso] Some tech analysis of Classic LeMans 08

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 5/29/09 11 59 21, erpike at ymail.com writes:


> Did you run into any issues when you and Tomas adjusted the steering rack 
> with shimms? One of the first things I wanted to do when I frist geto my 
> car was to rebuild the steering rack. One of the vendor led me to believe 
> that opening up the rack and trying to take the slop out of the wheel was 
> like opening a can of worms and the the thing would never go back together. I 
> settled for just replacing the bushing, but the rack is a little sloppy. 
> Where the shimms anything specail?
> 

It's far from rocket science to fool around with the shims.   On the rack 
that is in my car, I've got a dead spot on-center.   I hoped that removing 
one shim would correct it, but it just caused the rack to bind up (and the 
dead spot remained) so I put it back.   I actually have two racks; the one in 
the car right now I pulled from a wrecked car.   The car looked great but 
it's possible the rack itself is slightly bent?   I intend to tear it apart 
this winter, and probably put the rack and pinion from my original rack into 
the new housing (which is in much better condition).

Mike


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