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Posted: June 13 2006 08:38 AM
 
keith cornetet (aka keith83) [ View ] [ kmcornetet@peoplepc.com ] [ Car Ads ] [ Blogs ]
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Guys, I just saw something that kind of scared me. A typical Ford straight axle with a power rack mounted to the axle. Anyone ever heard of this. This was on a running and driving car. KEITH
 
 
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Posted by Willys33  -  06/10/2006 12:37 PM
I have seen it done several times and, if done right, will work just fine. I think the trick is to have the steering knuckle in the same pivot point as the hairpin or 4 bar pivot point on the frame. This way the steering shaft to rack remains on the same arc.
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Posted by ronhotrod  -  06/09/2006 09:53 PM
racks attached to the axle are safe as long as one installs a 'sliding' or telescoping shaft between the rack and the column. This allows the axle to move with the suspension travel and the shaft to slide up and down as neccessary to 'absorb' the motion. Works great when it's done right.
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Posted by DavyJ  -  06/11/2006 02:16 PM
Flaming River's new axle has a version of this, straight axle, split to pivot at each end, with the rack mounted to the axle. We used to use Pinto flex shafts to do this years ago.
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Posted by MasterDeluxe  -  06/12/2006 02:48 PM
Dean,there's gotta be more to the " crapy hot rod ride " myth then that. know I have heard such things as,they all have short wheel bases o you will allways have a chppy ride or the cars not heavy enough.Myths about how they ride ouns like a whole nother subject......Al
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Posted by ahotrod33  -  06/13/2006 08:38 AM
My first street rod [33 Ford Sedan] had this type of set up. An Omni rack on the solid axle with coil overs and four bars. Made our own slider using Double D type male and female shafts and cut a groove in the male shaft that followed a zerk fitting for lubrication. Car handled very well, steered like it had power steering. Only down side was a bit strong on the road feel. Put over 30k miles on that set up.
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Posted by da34guy  -  06/09/2006 07:56 AM
Did this over 20 myears ago on a 33 Ford sedan delivery. Everybody,@ that time told me it wouldn't work. Fooled them. Drove the car 200,000 miles in the next 17 years, never had a problem, in fact this car is still up and running as I talked with the current owner about 3 months ago. Welded a plate to the axle, mounted a Fiat 124 power rack to it then used a flexible steering shaft mated to a G.M. tilt column.
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Posted by paul274854  -  06/12/2006 10:36 PM
I had a Model A Roadster (Boss 302, 4 speed, 9 inch) with a SAAB rack mounted to the front axle. Car handled great, even at speeds up to 80 mph. Never had a problem with any front end components. I used a slider out of a GM. Ran the car for almost ten years, mucho miles.
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Posted by pasadenahotrod  -  06/12/2006 01:04 PM

Flaming River's new twin-I-Beam (guess that should be Twin-Tube-Beam in this case, huh?) clone frontend has the rack mounted to the crossmember, NOT the axle(s).



I recently saw pictures of a car with an axle-mounted rack with just a u-joint and solid shaft to the column. They said it had been driven like this with no problems for several years. I have to believe the front suspension doesn't work....or the car is seldom driven and whatever "problems" there are are chalked up to the "crappy hot rod ride" myth believed by so many folks.
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Posted by dixie  -  06/10/2006 10:28 PM

MACK TRUCK DID IT 78 IT WORKED BUT YOU GOT ALL THE FEED BACK FROM THE ROAD.
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