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Old 10th October 2011, 10:29 AM
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Default Redesigned steering rack support assembly

Hello everybody,
Yesterday, I fitted the steering rack support on my chassis. As I'm very happy with it, I wanted to share the pics with you. I ordered the assembly to Madis (on this forum) among other chassis plates. Madis redesigned this steering rack support in a stronger assembly, and I think the result is great.
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Old 10th October 2011, 01:27 PM
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That looks neat, is it to the correct version f the dimensions?

It's good that people are re-engineeering parts to make them better. And make building easier.

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Old 11th October 2011, 10:12 AM
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is it to the correct version f the dimensions?
Yes exactly the same dimensions. Just the supporting plane is 2mm lower than in the book to allow tolerence for fine tuning of the steering reck height (and eliminate bump steer). This means that if anything is correct then there needs to be just 2 mm strips under the steering rack clamps. But if needed then you can lower the st rack.

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Old 30th October 2011, 09:27 PM
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Here are the manufacturing drawings and profile files for cutting http://dl.dropbox.com/u/23250457/Mod...0st%20rack.zip. If any questions arise please send an e-mail.

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Old 30th October 2011, 11:38 PM
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Is anybody set up to manufacture these Plates?
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Old 31st October 2011, 12:54 PM
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I have this setup for my own build and I supplied the kit to voucht.
Any UK based manufacturer is welcome to supply this design as they reference to author and this forum.

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Old 1st November 2011, 02:59 PM
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Smile Nice work

I like the design aspect of that revised steering rack support

Thanks to Voucht for sharing the photographs & thanks to Mopple for sharing the design.

For my own personal taste, the book spec steering rack support does indeed look a bit flimsy & was one of the areas that I was intending to rework.

That said, I am not saying that the book set up is wrong.
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I like the design aspect of that revised steering rack support

Thanks to Voucht for sharing the photographs & thanks to Mopple for sharing the design.

For my own personal taste, the book spec steering rack support does indeed look a bit flimsy & was one of the areas that I was intending to rework.

That said, I am not saying that the book set up is wrong.
That is a nice design and does rectify some slight issues with the rack support brackets. We have found to date that the 3mm plate around the oval holes can bend up under tension from the bolts towards the rack clamps making the bolts appear to have slackened. We have always advised a 5mm plate to be cut and used on the underside of the rack support to strengthen the plate and stop it bending up. This has rectified this problem, however, your design does give added strength to support the rack supports.

Similar to the 3mm plate for the clutch pedal, i would always recommend that people use 5mm plate for these as 3mm is too flimsy for the clutch effort needed.

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That is a nice design and does rectify some slight issues with the rack support brackets. We have found to date that the 3mm plate around the oval holes can bend up under tension from the bolts towards the rack clamps making the bolts appear to have slackened. We have always advised a 5mm plate to be cut and used on the underside of the rack support to strengthen the plate and stop it bending up. This has rectified this problem, however, your design does give added strength to support the rack supports.

Similar to the 3mm plate for the clutch pedal, i would always recommend that people use 5mm plate for these as 3mm is too flimsy for the clutch effort needed.

Cheers....AndyH
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