Apologies all round.
That's not anger, it's embarassment.
This thread appears in the the three wheeler section but I'm not sure how many people read that section so here it is again in a more suitable
area
Hello all,
I have got some hubs now and was wondering if I can use a escort mk2 rack which I already have, upside down? I need to do this to as the steering rack
is now used behind the hubs and not in front as in a escort mk2, it also helps point the steering pinion more directly to the centre of the vehicle.
Would it make any difference to the operation of the rack being upside down? I'm thinking not at all but always worth checking. The original rack
to suit the hubs is totally wrong and of no use
Cheers
David
It will effectively change the rack to LHD i believe.
If you fit it upside down it will work in reverse. ie: turn steering wheel to the right, car will turn to the left. As opposed to making it LHD.
Edit: Opps typo.
[Edited on 22/7/11 by Confused but excited.]
What I'm doing is moving the steering rack from the front of the hub like the MK2 escort is originally taking it behind the hub like almost all
fwd cars then turning it upside down, two operations here that should end up with the wheels going in the right direction when I turn the steering
wheel, I think.
Cheers
David
Yeh it will mean it will work behind hubs instead of infornt of the hubs,
but as you turn it over the input shaft will be on the Left and not on the right
Oops my bad. Forgot bit about moving behind wheel axis.
Apologies all round. That's not anger, it's embarassment.
quote:
Originally posted by Miks15
Yeh it will mean it will work behind hubs instead of infornt of the hubs,
but as you turn it over the input shaft will be on the Left and not on the right
quote:
Originally posted by Confused but excited.
Oops my bad. Forgot bit about moving behind wheel axis.
Apologies all round.
Not sure how you mean that it points more central, I think (this is from memory so forgive me if its wrong) the input shaft is slightly angle to the outside of the car so when flipped over, instead of being pointed to the offside, it will be pointed more to the nearside and still away from the center
I think a few pictures would help, how would I do that?
Cheers
David
upload them to your photo archive.
Then click on the photo so it come up big, and just above the photo there is a forum code.
Copy this code and paste into your post.
quote:
Originally posted by Miks15
Not sure how you mean that it points more central, I think (this is from memory so forgive me if its wrong) the input shaft is slightly angle to the outside of the car so when flipped over, instead of being pointed to the offside, it will be pointed more to the nearside and still away from the center
quote:
Originally posted by Minicooper
This thread appears in the the three wheeler section but I'm not sure how many people read that section so here it is again in a more suitable area
Hello all,
I have got some hubs now and was wondering if I can use a escort mk2 rack which I already have, upside down? I need to do this to as the steering rack is now used behind the hubs and not in front as in a escort mk2, it also helps point the steering pinion more directly to the centre of the vehicle.
Would it make any difference to the operation of the rack being upside down? I'm thinking not at all but always worth checking. The original rack to suit the hubs is totally wrong and of no use
Cheers
David
just a stupid idea and probably wrong but could you swap the uprights side for side the use the rack conventionally?
dont know how it would affect castor angles if at all
Ray
Thanks everyone for your inputs, the more I look at it the more I think a more conventional fwd steering rack should be used. I have several low
mileage mini racks and they are more suited to what I want to do, they are very similiar in overall dimensions to the MK2 Escort rack and at least I
can mount it in the correct orientation
Cheers
David
One possible annoyance with using the escort rack upside down would be that the mounting points would be reversed, so you have to clamp the rack
underneath a structure rather than on top. Apart from I can't think of any reason why using it upside down would be a major problem.
If sourcing a different rack, note that the actual rack length (or at least the distance between the inner ball joints) needs to be correct for the
geometry of your car. Small differences can be corrected by moving the rack location, but if the rack is significantly too long or too short you are
likely to end up with bump steer problems.