"Rookie-Touring" '69 Dart
Thanks guys. Muad, maybe this will help...
The rack is fixed mounted and the rack shaft is bolted to a secondary slide (purple) via two end brackets (green). The secondary slide moves with the rack shaft based on steering input, sliding through a pair of vespel bushings housed in the inner/outer bearing hubs (lgt yellow though can't see them/blue respectively). The red/orange/yellow plates are the mounts for the slide itself. So far works pretty nice and moves well with just some teflon temp bushings. Vespel is VERY expensive and I didn't want to machine those until I knew all is good.
Thanks guys. Muad, maybe this will help...
The rack is fixed mounted and the rack shaft is bolted to a secondary slide (purple) via two end brackets (green). The secondary slide moves with the rack shaft based on steering input, sliding through a pair of vespel bushings housed in the inner/outer bearing hubs (lgt yellow though can't see them/blue respectively). The red/orange/yellow plates are the mounts for the slide itself. So far works pretty nice and moves well with just some teflon temp bushings. Vespel is VERY expensive and I didn't want to machine those until I knew all is good.