Manual steering rack for a Liberty

niterida · Post by **niterida** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 9:53 pm

Anyone know of a manual steering rack available to fit an early Liberty ?

Want one for my Brumby when I put the Liberty running gear in it. It wil lbe a Sunday drive / drag car only and I am trying to keep the weight right down and want the engine bay as tidy as possible too.

guyph_01 · Post by **guyph_01** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 10:09 pm

can't you just block the two holes? what would that do?

niterida · Post by **niterida** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 11:40 pm

No good - gearing ratio would be wrong making it extremely heavy to turn. A manual rack is not just a power rack without power

guyph_01 · Post by **guyph_01** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 11:45 pm

Not sure but, Considering you can use the L series rack ends and tie-rod ends on on a liberty rack to get a good p/s steering rack and it bolts to the L series cross member without mods,

Can't you then use a L series manual rack and screw the liberty rack ends and tie rod ends to it and bolt it to the lib cross-member????

Only thing is the angle thing might work in your favor, as the liberty one definitely needs a 2inch space for it to fit right.

also, i've got a manual L series rack if that will work for ya:p

niterida · Post by **niterida** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 11:53 pm

guyph_01 wrote:Not sure but, Considering you can use the L series rack ends and tie-rod ends on on a liberty rack to get a good p/s steering rack and it bolts to the L series cross member without mods,

Can't you then use a L series manual rack and screw the liberty rack ends and tie rod ends to it and bolt it to the lib cross-member????

Only thing is the angle thing might work in your favor, as the liberty one definitely needs a 2inch space for it to fit right.

also, i've got a manual L series rack if that will work for ya:p

That sounds promising - will be down next week probably - I'll give you a buzz if you PM me your phone number again

guyph_01 · Post by **guyph_01** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 12:08 am

What do others think? will this work?

i'm saying that as i know Gannon had a few issues with fitting a lib rack in an L series.
showthread.php?t=18897&highlight=Liberty+steering

Maybe the angle might be better in a brumby?