Zero leaks (yay!) but DANG is the turning radius even worse! This truck turned like the Queen Mary (the ocean liner, not the Royal Monarch), now it turns like the Titanic heading toward an iceberg.
It turns out Ford puts these limiters inside which reduces the actual movement of the rack. Removing them turned my quick-ratio 2.5-turn lock-to-lock steering rack into a 3.0 turn rack. Just like I had. I feel cheated.
In reply to SkinnyG :
Well that's sucky. How lame of Ford
I guess I could shorten the steering arms for more lock, but I'm pretty sketched out about welding that. Especially with dubious aftermarket dropped spindles. I'll weld a lot of things, but probably not that.
Gratuitous spacer image:
Refresh my memory, what spindles are you running in the front again?
If it's a generic C10 drop spindle, Willwood makes some nice ones with bolt on steering arms. Like this one - random link from google
I believe they are 88-98 DJM 2" spindles. I checked up on Wilwood - they do not offer a removable steering arm on the OBS spindles.
I could always fabricate my own entire spindle if it offends me enough.
Or go totally hack, gouge out the crossmember, and move the rack back as far as possible.
Not sure either effort is worth it.
Removed the "press-in" air tee's and replaced them with push-to-connect tee's (they restrict the air far less). Marginal (minimal? negligible?) improvement in air up speed.
Aftermarket suppliers tend to take a few liberties with application catalogs. Sounds like you found the short end of that on your steering rack. Adding limiter bushings to simulate the lock to lock of a faster rack is pretty crappy.
Factory racks do indeed have different ratios, base vs GT; and different T-bars in the spool valve for Cobras too. Finding these in aftermarket form, new or reman, can be difficult. Best to physically measure inches of rack movement per input revolution to ensure you get what you're paying for.
Always good to see this on page 1
The rack spacer conundrum is rough! I feel your pain
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