I have vivid memories of borrowing a friend's ford van with about 220
degrees of play int he steering and towing my racecar over hwy 17 ( a
four lane mountain hwy) in the rain.
That's not necessarily a sign of wearing out....
Could be alignment,
could be an overloaded tow vehicle,
could be non serviced steering linkage ball joints.
I did forsensic examinations on these gearboxes and never found one 'worn
out'.
Like 220 degrees of freeplay would even be driveable.... ;+}
Kenneth Waller
http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f
----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Colen" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Consumer Reports on "cool cameras"
On Fri, Jun 05, 2009 at 05:25:11PM -0400, Ken Waller wrote:
Except for the heavest of GVW vehicles, Ford trucks now have Rack &
pinion
steering installed.
The gearbox you complain about, (XR 50), continues to be the main
steering
gear assembly in NASCAR cup cars.
Which I suspect don't have the problem of wearing out after 50,000
miles.
I have vivid memories of borrowing a friend's ford van with about 220
degrees of play int he steering and towing my racecar over hwy 17 ( a
four lane mountain hwy) in the rain.
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