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hi all, i am trying to find out some info about converting a hg to rack and pinion steering. i understand that there a few options around and would like to know the pros and con's of this conversion thanks
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Hey Anton Ignore the tool he talks alot of cr@p. But can be helpful sometimes :) If you can get your hands on a october 08 (I think) street machine there is a rack and pinion conversion workguide which shows it being done on a HR front crossmembe Edited by user Monday, 9 March 2009 9:51:10 AM(UTC)
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Gday Anton, a couple of years ago i looked at doing R+P in the HK and id heard the R+P conversions have bump stop (?) issues but i really dont know whats meant by that nor if restricted to a certain kit or across the board. I was told (back then) that t |
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thanks Dusty, will check it out when im back in the land of aus
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picture for anyone who is interested (dunno if it will work) steering conversion is for blue one, yellow one to be cleaned up http://s628.photobucket....iew¤t=IMG_0507.jpg
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CRS do a kit and I believe that Blacks Racks are working on one.
Its bump steer issues that they are reputed to suffer if the geometry is not right. This means that if you hit a bump mid corner the wheel turns as well as going up and down. This is u |
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