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Sierra 'push-in' shafts / steering rack ?
mcerd1 - 10/6/09 at 08:43 AM

I found these while clearing out the garage:





I think they are off my dads old sierra 2.0 pinto estate (I must have been about 9 years old when he sold it!)
other wise they came from a 1.8 CVH one (which he sold when I was 16)

so either way they've been there a while :lol:


the driveshafts are ~27mm dia. in the midle of the shaft itself
and ~28mm dia. on the splines where they fit into the diff

so what else do I need to check to find out what they are?

Marcus - 10/6/09 at 11:26 AM

That rack looks Cortina ish..ISTR all Siera ones had an alloy casing.

mcerd1 - 10/6/09 at 11:29 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Marcus
That rack looks Cortina ish..ISTR all Siera ones had an alloy casing.


if its not a sierra one, it could be a cortina one, he had a few of them too
but it could be from almost anything :?


in the past I've found a dead cortina back axle, a dead talbot sunbeam back axle, a 2.0 pinto, pre-historic SU carbs, alfa hubcaps, talbot 90 gearboxes and about 40+ wheels (inc 1 set of origonal 10" mini cooper steels )
and loads of other bits for roots group, pug/talbot and ford cars.........

all my donor cars have been granada's or XR4x4, so all have bolt-on shafts and power steering - which means I've nothing to compare them to.......


[Edited on 10/6/09 by mcerd1]

[Edited on 10/6/09 by mcerd1]

redscamp - 10/6/09 at 11:42 AM

sorry some sierras did have steel cased steering racks (P100 at the very least)
the bolt through hole mounts sugest sierra rack
and rule out cortina

mangogrooveworkshop - 10/6/09 at 04:53 PM

will be over for the car soon

mcerd1 - 10/6/09 at 05:40 PM

quote:
Originally posted by mangogrooveworkshop
will be over for the car soon


I was going to send you a text about that

I acually need to shift it before the end of the month (I've been told it needs to go before the weddding next door)