steering rack

[Neil 911]

can anyone tell me if I need to fit rubber mountings to my rack? I have bought the mountings but now the mounting brackets don't seem to fit

Thanks Neil

[nelmo]

No rubber in mine, if that helps? Mine was bought from GBS so no idea what its from (Cortina?).

[Sparepart]

Without knowing what kit you have it's hard to help. The rack on my car comes from a Sierra and is bolted directly to the cross member, same as it was on the donor Sierra.

[alanrichey]

The Superspec uses an Escort rack and is also bolted directly to a cross member.  In fact I can’t think why you would fit rubber mountings.  Surely the last thing you want in a steering system is movement or flexing, it should be rock solid, when attached to the chassis.  Or have I misunderstood what you mean ?

[Neil 911]

Thanks everyone for your comments. Its a Escort steering rack which has rubbers on it when fitted to an Escort. But I think I will just bolt it straight on the chassis.