Quote Originally Posted by Zandoz View Post
To me, a minimal amount of dampened bump steer is like a car with understeer or oversteer...it's a trait that you learn to deal with. Very few if any production cars have ideal handling, and almost all require a learning curve to drive in less than ideal conditions. In this case I'm working with the guidance of a couple folks who combined have close to 2 decades of experience with R&P steering on solid axle cars...and myself quite a few years driving bump steering cars with insanely quick ratio steering and no dampers. Then there is the economics factor. This project is VERY low budget, and as much as possible I have to work with what I have...and I've had this R&P laying around since the mid 90s. If down the road it does not work out to my liking, I'll fall back to the DIY Unisteer configuration.
Not to beat a dead horse, but bump steer is nothing like understeer or oversteer, which are both predictable and repeatable characteristics which an accomplished driver can compensate for with power and braking in the right combination. One never knows when the bump will occur, and the amount of impact to the steering is not something one can allow for or correct, because it will change again with the rebound. Now perhaps your two "experts" will guide you to mount the rack solid to the axle like Tech pointed out, and all is OK other than it looking funny. Doing a project on a low budget is a good thing, but compromising safety is not.

Best of luck with your project.