Center Take Off Rack And Pinion

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.

Center take off rack and pinion.

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

We are just using the center take off rack and pinion to create something similar to the unisteer. The cavalier rack is a center take off grand am sunbird etc used successfully on many conversions see the wiki swapping to rack and pinion steeriing cavalier rack install. The next problem is that the stock tie rods off the center takeoff rack are too long. The solution is a short extension bar with some 10 11 tie rods.

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. For details and pics.