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Old Jun 9, 2004 | 10:51 PM
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rack and pinion???

can i be done easily on a 76 f150 2wd. keep the stock suspension, just change the steering setup. I plan on keeping my truck for awhile, would like to try something different. any thoughts on this.
 
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Old Jun 9, 2004 | 11:08 PM
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It would mess up the steering geometry even worse than it is.

Many rack and pinion units are too light duty to run on a truck.
 
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Old Jun 10, 2004 | 04:11 PM
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It would be difficult to do on a 2wd because of the geometry.
To elaborate, you want you steering linkages to swing in the same arc as the suspension links. That is would be hard to do with a rack and TIB.

I think on a 4wd it would work good if you could get a strong rack.
 
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