The designation of a steering rack as "not suitable for racing" but otherwise
suitable for general use is absurd. I, for one, would MUCH rather have my
steering fail while driving at 60-85 mph around Blackhawk Farms Raceway than
while driving 55 mph down some public road. At least at Blackhawk I'd stand a
pretty good chance of running into a tire barrier instead of into a crowd of
people or parked car or a stand of maple trees.
I understand from a prior post on this thread that Moss is saying that they
have resolved the issue with the defective racks. But any kind of disclaimer
that a component like this is fine for street use but unsuitable for racing is
absurd. My personal injury practice partners would have a field day with that.
Scott
-----Original Message-----
From: Fot [mailto:fot-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Tony Sheach
Sent: Monday, November 09, 2015 1:50 PM
To: charly@mitchelplumbing.com
Cc: <fot@autox.team.net> <fot@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Fot] TR4 TR6 quick rack
Charly
There were a large number of failures of these racks in the UK on both road and
competition cars. For MOSS to say that there was only one is simply untrue.
I personally had TWO failures of brand new racks about 18 months apart. Both of
these failures involved the pinion housing separating from the rack tube at
high speed in very dangerous circumstances.
I would NOT recommend the use of a MOSS rack to anyone, whether for road or
competition use because the manufacturing quality is poor and the material
quality is similarly inadequate. The information that I was given at a meeting
face to face with MOSS in london have me the impression that some testing had
been done, but the solution to the problem really had not been found (ie do the
job properly).
I now use a custom made rack which has a single piece pinion housing and rack
tube made from billet aluminium. These are being made in the UK. I will never
use a steering rack supplied by MOSS again.
Regards
Tony
Sent from my iPhone
> On 9 Nov 2015, at 07:04, Charly <charly@mitchelplumbing.com> wrote:
>
> Friends,
>
> I have a friend wanting to buy a quick steering rack for his TR4A. I
> told him there was a problem with them, but I thought it was resolved. I
> searched the archives and could find anything about it. Does someone in the
> group know the outcome of the problems that were brought to Moss on these
> quick racks?
> Thanks,
> Charly Mitchel
> Tr6 #44
>
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