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I have a problem with the steering rack, car has been lowered having problems when taking it for tracking. The track rod arms are fully wound in to the track rods.

 

Does anyone know if i can get shorter steering arms, different mounts for rack or will any other racks which are shorter fit to fix my problem.

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No idea what's going on here but the car is a set width so you'd never need shorter track rods..

 

What Car is it?? If it's not a VR are you sure it doesn't have the (longer) VR6 track rods fitted incorrectly?

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if you imagine the wheels are normally at the 9 and 3 positions on a clock face, as you lower the car they get to 10 and 2, so the distance between shortens. In these terms, on standard suspension they start at more like a 8 & 4, and go through 9 & 3 when you lower about 40mm, so you'd need to be lower than a racing snake to have track rods that were too long... ie getting on for 11 & 1.

 

In practice the steering rack is close to the same height as the control arm , so this effect shouldn't be that significant... (sure you could work it our with a tape measure, pythagoras and some SOHCAHTOA :dorky::ubergeek: )

 

Could you cut a half inch off the outside end of each track rod - is there spare thread visable beyond the lock nut as it stands just now? Might give you enough to get things lined up - but it is very wierd that you have this problem - can't offer any other explanation other than what Supercharged has suggested.

Edited by andycowuk

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The cars a genuine VR6 with coilovers sitting about inch off the floor. So non VR6 track rods are shorter than VR6's?

 

Indeed they are.

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