[DeTomaso] Steering rack

[Julian Kift]

Ha, I'd like to see someone mail order their car to a vendor!
 
Wilkinson has reproduced the racks so if yours is shot (not normally the case) then a new rack can be purchased once again, albeit for a very hefty sum somewhere north of $650, but then again I think a rebuilt exchange rack is over $300.
 
Although the Pantera rack originally came with 90 wt oil, TRW (the successor of Cam gears who manufactured the rack) now recommends a 0-weight grease, which you will find will stay in there a lot longer too.
 
Julian
 
> From: JDeRyke at aol.com
> Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 16:08:22 -0400
> To: longbeachantiquemall at verizon.net; detomaso at poca.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] (no subject)
> 
> ALL of the usual Pantera parts vendors rebuild steering racks if you bring 
> them your car. Most are local to S. CA and all do mail-order. Some have an 
> exchange program where you bring your rack in and they hand you a rebuilt 
> assembly ready to go. 
> But a 'rebuilt' rack means different things to different people. The right 
> side support bushing ordinarily needs replacement with bronze, and often the 
> boots and the boot clamps need replacing. Some shops also replace the 
> pinion gear seal and a few will adjust the pinion shimming for wear. 
> Total teardown to find cracked or missing springs in the end of the rack 
> gear or chipped rack-teeth, plus adjusting the steering rod spring tension is 
> done by a few shops. Filling the rebuilt assembly with the proper amount of 
> 90-wt gear oil is the last step. If the boots, clamps and seals are good, 
> the assembly should not leak a drop on your way home for installation. They 
> also ordinarily stock replacement tie rod ends. Call around. Good luck- J 
> Deryke
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