2b Steering Rack

[Guest frozennorth20]

Anyone have any idea what type of rack RH supply with the 2B kit, eg Sierra, escort, what? - the supplied rack doesn't exactly seem quick, so I'm thinking I'll replace with something quicker, but don't know what type to get......

 

Cheers,

 

John

[Guest daveg]

any idea what type of rack RH supply

whatever they can get their hands on

 

A power steering rack would be good...

[Guest chris brown]

whatever they can get their hands on

True each batch seems to be different I think mines Metro some are escort others ???? As Dave says the cheap way is to fit a power rack just drain – grease up as you would a normal rack and link the pipes together (you can just leave them open except that crud gets in)

[Guest Guy]

I have a power stearing rack that I wanted to fit, if I do as Chris sais above, will there be more resistance than on a non powered rack, I have bad enough selfe centering as it is

[Guest paul thompson]

The rack to have is a scorpio rack, these have the same fittings as the Siera but are variable ratio. A good thing to have if you can muscle it all the way to lock stops, I'm gonna fit my X type rack soon and power it with the origonal sierra pump. It will be good, oh yes!

[Bob Tucker]

Guy,

Self centering depends mainly on correct caster angle, but any resistance anywhere in the steering train will reduce the self centering effect.

A power steering rack should make no difference.

 

My replacement wishbone setup uses a standard Sierra rack, which was far too twirly. I replaced it with a power rack setup as described earlier. its far better, but steering at low speeds is now pretty heavy & it snaps back from cornering. I'll be reducing the caster using the well tried "move a washer" method.

 

Bob.

[Guest Guy]

Thanks for that Bob, I'll keep it and use it.

 

 

Sorry for hijacking your thread John

[Guest frozennorth20]

Aha, this is all very interesting, I hadn't thought of using a power rack de - powered, was thinking more of a straight replacement from Demon Thieves or the like if I could identlfy what had been supplied........ Can anybody come up with power rack suggestions as minimum hassle replacement suitable for the 2B? (Scorpios are a bit thin on the ground up here, so the more options the better) - I'd still like to know what the supplied rack is, but it sounds like it could be just about anything!

- The geometry discussion is interesting too, I was expecting to spend some time setting up to minimise bump steer optimise caster etc; seems like I was right!

 

Cheers,

 

John