It’s 2010 and its been a busy year so far. Since returning to work in the new year this has been the first time I’ve had some time off and been able to work on the car. Today I removed the steering rack from the car and stripped it down so I could shorten it. To achieve this the internal shaft was cut into 2 and a 50mm section was removed from the middle of the shaft. These were then taken to the local machine shop were a lathe was used to drill and tap a 1/2″ UNF thread into the end of each section. These were then joined back together with a 1/2″ unf stud and then welded to prevent the two sections coming lose under load. The photo’s below shows the shafts after machining and when they have been welded back together. Once this was done the rack was reassembled and fitted back onto the car. At this point I was unable to proceed any further as the rod end bearings I had bought don’t have enough movement. This means I need to buy some high angle misalignment rod end bearings to complete the modification.
