Thread: Need to shorten rack & pinion.....help

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I am sure you have thought of this but if the pivot points on the rack & pinion conflict with the pivot points on your a arm your going to have severe bumpsteer I believe, in a nutshell you generally cant just throw a longer rack & pinion on a narrower suspension. If you have already checked this and just need to shorten the rack I am also against welding, rethreading is safer, some states also will not allow welding on suspension on their DMV inspections, not the case here in MO though. Good Luck

Matthyj,

I have given up on the welding steering components. I will shorten and re-thread. Also I'm still doing some homework on the bump steer issue. I know if I use the Dakota R&P there will be some bump steer - but how much? The Dakota R&P has a 24" length from inner tie rod end to inner tie rod end, the same as a Mustang II, strange but true.

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