A couple questions: First, My 1985 GT should have come with a 15:1 rack and pinion from the factory, right? The one currently in my car does a full 3 turns lock to lock, so that makes it a 20:1 rack, right?
I just ordered a remanufactured 1993 Cobra (with Performance Suspension) rack and pinion, and verified that it is 2.5 turns from lock to lock, so that should be the 15:1 rack, right?
Here are a couple of pics of the two racks side by side, and the first thing I noticed is that the old 20:1 rack high pressure tubes are slightly larger than the new 15:1 rack. In the 3rd pic I took a closeup that shows the high pressure tubes aren't centered in the tube nut. I know I'm being a bit AR, but part of me is just feeling like they didn't exercise a lot of detail work when they rebuilt it. It may not matter, but thought I would see what others thought.
The last issue relates to how the rack mounts to my aftermarket K Member. The previous owner of my car swapped in a JAE tubular K Member, and the JAE mounting holes are 3/4" on the rack side, and 1/2" on the opposite side, and should have sleeves that extend into the rack bushings, however, the previous owner just mounted the rack flush to the K member without any sleeves. Fortunately he didn't crush the tube, but I need to get sleeves and bushings. According to JAE (talked with them today) the sleeves should be 3-7/8" long and should bottom out on the back side of the K Member, and should extend out to the flush surface of the bushing at the front of the rack (side away from the K-member). The reason I wonder about this, is because the bushings that came with the 93 rack are beveled as if they sit on a curved surface on the factory K member. So, for the aftermarket K member should I get the std 2 piece urethane bushings for fox body racks? Or is there another aftermarket option that is better?
Thanks in advance
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