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Thread ID: 109172 2010-04-27 07:50:00 Ford escort steering bluezone (12434) PC World Chat
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880352 2010-04-29 22:25:00 What an amazing forum! There is no end to the talents and experiences of those who post here. Amazing!! :thumbs:

You make a good point. No one person knows everything but as a collective group we get close.
Sweep (90)
880353 2010-04-29 22:40:00 Nicest thing you have said for awhile Sweep. I congratulate you.
:)
Trev (427)
880354 2010-04-30 00:35:00 I'm so glad I joined this forum, every day I learn something.:) KarameaDave (15222)
880355 2010-04-30 01:31:00 Yeh. Thanks. :) Is nice to just go into the shed and work on sumthing apart from custom pc's. bluezone (12434)
880356 2010-04-30 09:18:00 What an amazing forum! There is no end to the talents and experiences of those who post here. Amazing!! :thumbs:

Heh, being an old bugger, and a tight bugger sure helped me in gaining that knowledge!

Currently not old enuf it seems to know the answers to configuring my XP network settings, and getting Steam to stop crashing at startup... sigh.

Actually, the network seems sorted (after hours of pain), but Steam is still useless.
Paul.Cov (425)
880357 2010-05-01 04:02:00 Paul.Cov. Do you no if a mk1 rack is shorter then a mk2? bluezone (12434)
880358 2010-05-01 09:22:00 Paul.Cov. Do you no if a mk1 rack is shorter then a mk2?

Arrrgh!

Not a clue!
If it helps, our local public library has many car manuals in the reference section, and each chapter starts of with technical specs / dimensions etc for the components. You might perhaps maybe find your answer in your own library, in the Haines automotive manuals.

Alternativley, the microfich / computer files the Ford parts dept use seems to be very detailed, so maybe they could tell you.

I don't have the escort any more, so can't nip outside and run a tape measure along the rack for you.
Paul.Cov (425)
880359 2010-05-01 09:54:00 You could use a rack from a euro car. Some of the audi vw & opel racks are very short. All you'd have to do is alter the length of the rack ends Phil B (648)
880360 2010-05-01 21:34:00 You could use a rack from a euro car. Some of the audi vw & opel racks are very short. All you'd have to do is alter the length of the rack ends

Can ya just rethread the rods? Is it easy to make a left hand thread? or can you just use 2 with normal thread?
prefect (6291)
880361 2010-05-02 00:24:00 Thing i cant just shorten it and then re thread it as its on the rack gear.

I have emailed a couple of people about the mk1 rack to see whats differant on it. I no 1 differant parts is a block of steel on the side of 1 of that mounts, only no this from looking at photos of racks.

Photos.

This is the rack it gets sortened to 205mm from the ball joints.
i713.photobucket.com

this is the block of steel on the rack. The right side gets cut off leaving 6mm of this block and the tube for the rack. A new bush gets made to go inside the end to support the rack.
i713.photobucket.com
bluezone (12434)
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