£400 for a rhd rack

[Alphabettispaghetti]

Would you mind sharing the company and your quote via pm please?

Hi, i'm going to wait till I've got a firm idea of costs....... it'll only be cost price though i'm not a business

 

[Wally]

Hi, i'm going to wait till I've got a firm idea of costs....... it'll only be cost price though i'm not a business

No problem. Let me know how it goes. Would be nice for everyone to have a reliable place to rebuild the racks.

 

[Alphabettispaghetti]

No problem. Let me know how it goes. Would be nice for everyone to have a reliable place to rebuild the racks.

totally, i'm happy to swallow some costs for the club,i'll off set it by not paying the £15 forum membership

































































































































for 30 years.

 

[status]

Sounds fair

 

[Alphabettispaghetti]

I'm waiting on the costs and possiblity to 're-jig' an original rack.

However I can get brand new fully rebuildable motorsport ones for £600 with new track rod ends(plus vat).

 

[AliK]

Hang in there Frankster - this is great work / research etc. Having had the slop of late on my steering (due to the splined joint not being tight enough etc) I can tell you slop in steering definitely ruins the fun.

 

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Hang in there Frankster - this is great work / research etc. Having had the slop of late on my steering (due to the splined joint not being tight enough etc) I can tell you slop in steering definitely ruins the fun.

think of it like planting trees.

 

[Alphabettispaghetti]

So as a half update........

A)

They can make and press new bushings to suit along with bearings etc, so a 'rebuild' is totally possible, price to be confirmed, looks like circa £150

B)

Replacement rack bars - they're looking into it and seeing what can be done still, the stock pinion angle seems to be the largest roadblock at the minute, along with the output spline size

I'll know more next week, along with a firmer idea of costs. if Option 'B' is a goer, you can have a 'quick' rack in standard housing, where a new lower UJ and bar bolts to the steering rod bushing. That might be around £400.

So its positive.

 

[uk66fastback]

Good work bud. Thanks for keeping on with this.

 

[Wally]

Sounding really promising franky. Thanks for looking into this for everyone.

 

[jonbills]

Nice.

 

[Bazzateer]

Both ballpark figures sound fair to me.

 

[Alphabettispaghetti]

Both ballpark figures sound fair to me.

I think the first is, the second is due to current low volume(if you look at what motorsport escort racks cost). It does make the whole new motorsport type rack look like sensible value also.

 

[AliK]

Well done Franky, I’m sure there will be many worn racks that would benefit from this service. Will you be sending yours there or is it beyond repair?

 

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Well done Franky, I’m sure there will be many worn racks that would benefit from this service. Will you be sending yours there or is it beyond repair?

I’ve got a decent one(thanks mr t), however even that had worn bushings, so I’ve paid for that one to be stripped and assessed(I did rebuild it so everything that could be done was in factory spec). Bronze bushings were worn though, the way the racks designed, it loads a particular part of them.