His plastic part now it centering the rack to the housing , which makes the lash adjustment between the rack and pinion gear useless. The lash adjuster is what broke off of the housing in this guys one video. By rigidly centering the rack in the housing, his bushing is now setting the lash. it may be too tight, it may be too loose. The lash adjuster will no longer do anything because of the his bushing. Watch the video of the changes they made for the Bronco Raptor chassis that TFL made....they specifically beefed up the housing of the rack...you will notice that the area around the lash adjuster is now beefed up. This was done to account for the load that goes into the housing from the larger tires as stated by the Ford engineer in the TFL video. The Ford engineer also noted that the internals of the rack are the same. This guys bushing fix has the potential to create more problems thru incorrect steering gear lash.You must not have watched the video very good, the "plastic part" Is to provide support of the steering rack and help it from failing. He has engineered another part, made from aluminum, to provide support for the weak point on the tie rod.
His plastic part now it centering the rack to the housing , which makes the lash adjustment between the rack and pinion gear useless. The lash adjuster is what broke off of the housing in this guys one video. By rigidly centering the rack in the housing, his bushing is now setting the lash. it may be too tight, it may be too loose. The lash adjuster will no longer do anything because of the his bushing. Watch the video of the changes they made for the Bronco Raptor chassis that TFL made....they specifically beefed up the housing of the rack...you will notice that the area around the lash adjuster is now beefed up. This was done to account for the load that goes into the housing from the larger tires as stated by the Ford engineer in the TFL video. The Ford engineer also noted that the internals of the rack are the same. This guys bushing fix has the potential to create more problems thru incorrect steering gear lash.
yeah...that guy may be a decent machinist...but it doesn't look like he knows his way around a steering rack....otherwise he would have known what that piece is that broke off and why his bushing isn't a proper 'fix' . He didn't notice that the effort to turn the steering by hand increased when he hammered in his bushing? That's because his bushing removed all the lash on the rack he was working with. I would suspect with no lash, he will wear out the the pinion assembly next. But I'm sure someone will pay him $300 for his bushing and then blame Ford when they wear out the pinion assembly due to tight lash. Or...if they are at the other end of the tolerance zone, they will have loose steering and no way to tighten it back up with a small turn of the lash adjuster.Looks like someone is paying attention.
First thing I thought of too! Had a few of those back in the day...This is a stomper if I’ve ever seen one.
I agree, but as I've said before there are limitations. The first person to post a Bronco with the Carolina Squat deserves all the criticism that comes his way.Wow.....so many on here willing to be a critic or a complainer. Quick to judge a fellow Bronco owner while even some feel fellow Bronco Sport owner's don’t belong. From day one individuals have modified Bronco's. We all have our own opinion but c'mon can we lay off the criticism of our Bronco Family!! Roll on 40's if you can, just be safe doing it! Looks AWESOME
What the solution then.....yeah...that guy may be a decent machinist...but it doesn't look like he knows his way around a steering rack....otherwise he would have known what that piece is that broke off and why his bushing isn't a proper 'fix' . He didn't notice that the effort to turn the steering by hand increased when he hammered in his bushing? That's because his bushing removed all the lash on the rack he was working with. I would suspect with no lash, he will wear out the the pinion assembly next. But I'm sure someone will pay him $300 for his bushing and then blame Ford when they wear out the pinion assembly due to tight lash. Or...if they are at the other end of the tolerance zone, they will have loose steering and no way to tighten it back up with a small turn of the lash adjuster.
What the solution then.....
Because when you put bigger tires > 35 the stering rack will most likely fail doing offroading ...... that piece will prevent to loose total stering.... what is better slow wearing out .... or total failure of the rack?
I think in the short term might be a good solution ..... what do you think?
So...will you be posting the part list / installation hurdles? Asking for a friend with a set of 40's alreadyBronco 2-door riding on 40's with a 7" lift (built off 5" kit) and bumper spacer in the front. Factory gears.
That will cost you a lot more thenTie rods that look like this and a Raptor rack.
That will cost you a lot more then
400$ for the plastic part of the rack and a lot more then 400$ for the reinforce tie rod.....lol
Most tie rod break at this place see pic belowYes the rack will be much more than the bushings but as stated above it is a more "proper" fix.
As far as the tie rods.......... a couple of rod/heim ends
some moly tubing and a bit of time with my local machinists and I can have a couple made on the cheap.