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Question on steering rack dimension
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944Hybrids: 924/944/968 and 928 V8 Conversions :: Technical Stuff (other than motors) :: Suspension Mods
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Question on steering rack dimension
grobb284 Sun Mar 27, 2011 6:02 pm
Can someone verify that the Porsche 944 steering rack is 22.6" center to center of the inner tie rod pivots?
Thanks in advance.
Thanks in advance.
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Re: Question on steering rack dimension
xschop Mon Mar 28, 2011 11:38 am
Power rack I verified myself.... The manual rack I was told that it was 20.625" but wasn't sure if that included the male threading that is M22 x 1.5
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Re: Question on steering rack dimension
grobb284 Mon Mar 28, 2011 6:39 pm
xschop wrote:Power rack I verified myself.... The manual rack I was told that it was 20.625" but wasn't sure if that included the male threading that is M22 x 1.5
If the rack end to end is 21", do you think the center to center of the inner tie rod pivots is in the vicinity of the 22.6" I saw in a catalogue?
Your picture and dimensions are quite helpful.
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Re: Question on steering rack dimension
xschop Mon Mar 28, 2011 6:56 pm
The inner tie-rod joint is 1.375" and it lookks like the B-joint is situated a little further out, so yes It would all calc. to 22.6"
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Re: Question on steering rack dimension
xschop Tue Mar 29, 2011 11:03 am
Something interesting to note, when I set up the X-member to line-bore the control arm points, the Bridgeport readout measured 25.51" center to center on the X-member Control arm bolt-thrus. When I did my bump steer kit, I also measured the Power Rack (+-) 2.5" left/right travel from center. So this means that in a straight line, inner tie-rod ball joint center/pivots are 1.5" inboard of the control arm pivots.... This info could be used to find an inexpensive manual rack with better steering ratio...
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Re: Question on steering rack dimension
grobb284 Wed Mar 30, 2011 8:59 am
I have looked for some time for an inexpensive manual rack in the 22.6 inch range. I was unable to find anything domestic. There may be something RHD in a Foreign rear steer car that could be flipped to RHD front steer.
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Re: Question on steering rack dimension
xschop Wed Mar 30, 2011 9:18 am
Are you on the other side of the pond?
For our pond side I would use an 80-81 Toyota Tercel manual rack and pinion if swapping to manual.... 4.25 turns cloc-2-cloc would make life bearable. The power inner tie-rods bolt right in too.
For our pond side I would use an 80-81 Toyota Tercel manual rack and pinion if swapping to manual.... 4.25 turns cloc-2-cloc would make life bearable. The power inner tie-rods bolt right in too.
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Re: Question on steering rack dimension
grobb284 Wed Mar 30, 2011 12:39 pm
xschop wrote:Are you on the other side of the pond?
For our pond side I would use an 80-81 Toyota Tercel manual rack and pinion if swapping to manual.... 4.25 turns cloc-2-cloc would make life bearable. The power inner tie-rods bolt right in too.
I'm near Dayton, Ohio
Is that model Tercel a front steer? If so, how close is the dimension to the 21.6" for center to center for the inner tie rod pivots?
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Re: Question on steering rack dimension
xschop Wed Mar 30, 2011 1:55 pm
I tried to find one locally a while back to measure the end to end. I do know that they are front steer, have m14 x 1.5 inner tie rod threading (match 944 PS tie-rods) and the 80-81 Tercel manual rack is 4.25 turns lock-to-lock whereas the 83-87 Tercel manual rack is 3.75 turns lock-to-lock. The 80 tercel rack looks like a better shaft input angle and length from the pics too although it is 15mm dia. Jap spline.
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