Re: Nice Rack?

From: Aaron Wyse (awyse@sw.rr.com)
Date: Tue May 18 2004 - 17:06:11 EDT


My last Dak had power rack my current does not.. YET!! I plan to swap it
out for a power set up later. It's fine on the highway.. but parking lots
with a 5 spd get old in a hurry. Stay with the power steering; you really
do not want to go backwards.
Aaron W

----- Original Message -----
From: "James" <sixpack_dak@rogers.com>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 5:51 AM
Subject: DML: Nice Rack?

>
> Well I have a new problem to add to the list of things I need to fix on my
> Dak. The steering rack has decided to spring a leak at the input shaft
> seal. I was pricing out racks and I noticed you can get a manual rack for
> my truck (91 V6 CC). I am assuming that these racks normally would have
> only come on the 4-cyl trucks. Does anyone have one of these racks in
their
> truck? What is the steering effort like? And if I were to swap a manual
> rack into my truck is there anything special I need? I know that some
> vehicles (Mustang comes immediatly to mind) require a different input
shaft
> to mate up with a manual rack, and some manual racks require different rod
> ends.
>
> Does anyone in the London, Ont area have a Dak with a manual rack I could
> check out the steering effort on, or does anyone in the area have a good
> rack, power or manual they'd like to part with?
>
> Thanks for any help,
> James
>
>



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