Below is a guide for making your selections, along with pictures of the items listed in the drop down menus. They’re simple, reliable, and light.Use the drop down menus to make selections on the unit finish, master cylinder, and hydraulic hose set to put together your kit. It’s easy to see why rack and pinion steering has become the system of choice for both major automobile manufacturers and racers, alike. There is even an MGB/Cobra rack for Cobra kit cars that weighs less than 10 pounds.
1960 thunderbird rack and pinion manual#
Summit Racing also offers Flaming River Mustang II and Fox body Mustang racks as replacements for manual steering, conversions from power to manual steering, etc. The Omni rack is designed to accommodate Mustang II-type spindles and outer tie rod ends. This rear-steer design mounts behind the crossmember but still provides adequate oil pan clearance-for example, a small block Ford engine with a front sump pan. It’s particularly useful in cars where something like a radiator or front suspension crossmember might interfere with the steering shaft. In some applications, the rear steer (linkage behind the front axle centerline), a Dodge Omni-style rack might work better. This is particularly appealing if you’re building a nostalgia-style race car. They’re perfect for Willys, Anglia and other narrow chassis applications. Summit Racing also offers Flaming River Pinto racks that are five inches narrower than stock. Rack travel is 5.25 inches overall length of the assembly is compact 45.5 inches. These racks are quick (3.75 turns lock-to-lock), have aluminum housings, and tip the scales at a mere 12 pounds. Summit Racing offers Pinto racks from both Wilwood and Flaming River. The Ford Pinto rack and pinion system is a drag racing favorite. This frees up considerable space under the engine for things like the oil pan and headers. For example, you can mount a rack in a “front steer” layout, which places the linkage ahead of the front axle centerline. The real beauty of a rack and pinion system is that it eliminates much of the steering linkage found in a recirculating ball steering system. They are linked to outer tie rod ends, which are attached to the suspension arms on the steering knuckles. The steering linkage consists of two inner tie rod ends attached to the steering rack, protected by a pair of rubber boots (bellows). The steering gear is mounted inside a compact rack assembly. When you turn the steering wheel, the pinion gear turns, which moves the rack in the direction of the turn and moves the wheels. The pinion gear meshes with a straight shaft (the rack) that has gear teeth machined into one side and is connected directly to the front wheels. In a rack and pinion steering system, the steering wheel and steering shaft are connected to a pinion gear. In sharp contrast is the rack and pinion system. A recirculating ball steering box system is heavy, bulky, and complex, especially when you factor in the steering linkage.
When it comes to steering systems, rack and pinion systems are light years ahead of the recirculating ball steering boxes found in our favorite 1960s and ‘70s muscle cars and trucks.
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