Ive been sitting here trying to get my head around this...
If you put a lock spacer on one side, your going to be making use of the teeth on that end of the rack that are usually never used due to the rack end hitting the housing. But this is just on one side, so to make use of the extra teeth on the other side would you not need another rack spacer on that end??
Now my logic could be very easily flawed, this is as far as I can get before my mind starts imploding with thoughts of the effect of lengthening racks etc etc, feel very free to correct me.
You realy need to have a rack apart on the bench to see. There are more teeth available to the left side.
To allow the pinion to be installed after the rack is already in the housing, there is a cutout in the rack where there is no teeth at all. To make sure you never get to this point in normal operation, there is a fair few teeth extra.
Sounds good, pics?
RT142 Estate.
AJPS.
i should have lock pictures tonight jonny
you re-centre the rack so you arnt just adding more lock to one side
stroked 2L ca18-ae86 in the build...eta xmas 2012?
nahhhhhp
i filed the c**t down and its in the car now. it works good enough.. but if it stuffs up i;ll hit u up.
was doing a little bit of investigationing this arvo with a sprinter rack...
im going to run an AJPS bolt on lock spacer on the passenger side and then grab one of the rackends from j. roch...
my investigationing has lead me to discover that you have around 5mm or so, maybe a touch more, that you can run inside the rack on the drivers side...
so if my investigationing is correct, i will be a happy chap...
what do you think j. roch?
I would normaly expect my rack ends to be used as a pair. Extra 5 or 6mm either side, so 10-12mm total extra movement. And they can be used with the AJPS spacer also (if tyres don't touch something). But there are lots of combinations possible, so it is ultimately up to you to make sure your setup is safe.
Mostly, I think the AJPS spacer would be wanted with a KE70 rack, as it is not as long standard.
^^just following up on this. not the 2 lock spacer thing. just lock in general.
p.s arms + johnnys spoken off rack ends.
doesnt the inside scrub atall with that much lock ?
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