Quick Rack Steering

[dav1 7]

Wat is best to use as a quick steering rack? I hear you can use 205 power steering rack? Or maybe a citoren xsara vts rack? Any pointers would be grateful. Thanks.

[welshpug 1,655]

either will do, have a search (use google and type your keyword then "site:http://forum.205gtidrivers.com"

[tri_longer 25]

Early VTS rack, 2.4 turns LTL.

[harryskid 193]

Quaife do a kit for the 205 rack !

[dav1 7]

Found some good info on the search cheers.

[tdr_1976 41 1 Cars]

I use a Quaife quick rack, made a heck of a difference to the car

[matt.f 16]

Isn't there a problem getting bearings for the quaife??

[harryskid 193]

Isn't there a problem getting bearings for the quaife??

 

 

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[Paul_13 212 1 Cars]

Yea. It's a 6001 bearing from memory

[harryskid 193]

Yea. It's a 6001 bearing from memory

 

Do you mean an actual Quaife rack ?

[Paul_13 212 1 Cars]

The quaife quick rack comes as just the rack and pinion, you have to build it yourself into the existing casing and doesn't come with a bearing

[harryskid 193]

The quaife quick rack comes as just the rack and pinion, you have to build it yourself into the existing casing and doesn't come with a bearing

 

Thats what i have and had no problems with it !

[Jarrus 3]

Interresting this....

 

I got a 205 TD with PAS and a 306 TD also with PAS and I do notice that the 306's steering is slower than the 205's by quite a lot....

Even though the steering feel is good, it's just too damn slow, might have to fit a 205 rack then......

[welshpug 1,655]

iirc the 306 pas rack is more akin to the number of turns a standard 205 rack has, always a little eye opener when I drive my brothers Dturbo after driving my zx for a while, more than an extra turn lock to lock

[Jarrus 3]

So the gti power steering rack is quicker than a ghetto spec power steering rack?

 

I do notice that there is less turns

[welshpug 1,655]

not 100% on the number of turns lock to lock but they do have a different part number and some do have different nmber of teeth on the pinion.

 

 

4048 C5

NFP

 

REP NOIR 8DTS/PIGNON

- RIGHT HAND DRIVE EXCEPT XU5M EXCEPT XUD7T EXCEPT GTI EXCEPT CTI

DEFLECTOR BLACK

 

4048 C7

NFP

REP=ORANGE 8DTS/PIGN

- INJECTION AND XU5M AND RIGHT HAND DRIVE

COWL ORANGE

 

4048 C9

NFP

REP BLANC 7DTS/PIGNO

- RIGHT HAND DRIVE AND GTI

 

4048 K4

NFP

REP BLEU 7DTS/PIGNON

- CTI AND RIGHT HAND DRIVE

- RIGHT HAND DRIVE AND DIESEL AND XUD7T

[matt.f 16]

Pretty sure from reading previous threads that even quaife struggle to get bearings.

quaife is 2.7

manual 205 3.5(ish)iirc

not sure on 205 pas

[Jarrus 3]

Next time I'm out in the motor then I'll check what mine is lock to lock,

 

I would assume that this is mine according to what welshpug has put:

 

4048 K4

NFP

REP BLEU 7DTS/PIGNON

- CTI AND RIGHT HAND DRIVE

- RIGHT HAND DRIVE AND DIESEL AND XUD7T

[swordfish210 20]

Going back to the Quaife racks (again) The spline drive pinion is easy to find a bearing for, it's a 6002. The square drive pinion however doesn't seem to fit any bearing ever designed and i managed to get Quaife to admit that they never designed it to fit anything. I found the easiest thing to do was find an engineering firm with a cylindrical grinder (a lathe won't do unless you have diamond tip tooling as the pinion is hardened steel) and get them to grind it down so a 6003 bearing will fit on it. Easiest solution to an irritating piece of design retardation.