Hi Art,
You asked:
>we had a discussion about switching a TR4 rack
>and pinion steering unit to a TR3. There were mixed opinions about how easy
>this is to do. One guy said he had tried it using a kit from Bob Shaler (?)
>and it was not possible to make the swap. Others maintained it was possible.
>Anyone who's done it, or seen it done, have any comments or suggestions?
Since the TR-3 is so much narrower than the TR-4, the rack would have
to be shortened to work properly. A friend here in VA has fitted a
bugeye Sprite rack to his TR-3A; that works quite well, although there
is still a lot of modification involved. There was some discussion on
the list about a year ago or so about a company (maybe in Germany) who
were offering a rack and pinion conversion that is supposed to be a
bolt on swap for the TR-3. If anyone is interested, I might be able
to find contact info in my list of saved files...
John Lye
rjl6n@Virginia.edu
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