steering rack shims

[millsn]

How do you know how many of these to use under your rack? the ones that adjust the height of the rack

 

Nigel Mills - 2.0 zetec

[mic]

It depends on the bump steer. You will need to check this first.

[millsn]

thanks. each time I've looked at tthat it has appeared hard work though :(

[Paul Deslandes]

Nigel

 

Its not so much hard work as time consuming, and you have to have a bump steer gauge which you can make yourself. I put an article in Low Flying last year (July I think) which describes what to do. I can email you a copy if you want it and blatmail me your email address.

 

Your car will almost certainly be different but I ended up with 9mm of shims under each clamp which, together with the bottom half of the clamp that was missing after an Arrowstar rebuild(!) raised the rack by about 16mm in total. It transformed the bumpy road handling and was well worth doing.

 

Paul

 

 

[millsn]

I will have long since binned the magazine you're referring to, so yes please to your offer to email me with it

[Paul Deslandes]

Hi Nigel

 

blatmail me your email address and it'll be on its way. Unfortunately we can't attach files to blatmail

 

Paul