Center Take Off Rack And Pinion

It would look like this but the tie rods would connect to two idler arms.

Center take off rack and pinion.

Our patented line of high performance center take off rack and pinions enables correct geometry and a level of positive direct steering that is not possible with adapted oem units. You have to build a new mount and extension bar that attaches to the rack where the tie rods use to connect if you remove the intrepid tie rods and mount from the rack you can then bolt the extension bar to it. The rack pinion comes mounted to a one piece mounting bracket that bolts up to the frame using the same holes that held up the steering box and idler arm. Both manual and power versions feature quick ratio straightcut gears requiring only three turns lock to lock standard oem 4 5 8 turns performance oem 3 3 4 turns.

The solution is to use the center takeoff with cententral pivot points to connect the idler arms to the rack. For details and pics. We are just using the center take off rack and pinion to create something similar to the unisteer. A center take off rack and pinion steering apparatus includes a cylindrical rack housing having an elongate hole extending in a longitudinal direction a mounting bracket for mounting ends of a.

I quickly realized that the center link would pull away from the rack as it rotates around the idler arms radius. This is a rear steer center take off style rack and pinion with a ball center bar that exactly matches the center link of the stock suspension for the 60 64 fords.