05-02-2020, 03:40 PM
I had a special so equipped, and of course the LRM, Roy Lee's Goodacre trophy winner, did too.
I think it was he that discovered the main problem with the one-piece track rod. It used ball-joints at each end, mounted underneath the steering and so tending to twist the arms, which being held in place only by the nuts on the end, could turn in the stub-axles. This resulted in more and more toe-in with detriment to straight-line speed! The cure was to drill and tap under the stub-axle and insert a pointed grubscrew to deter the rotation.
I think it was he that discovered the main problem with the one-piece track rod. It used ball-joints at each end, mounted underneath the steering and so tending to twist the arms, which being held in place only by the nuts on the end, could turn in the stub-axles. This resulted in more and more toe-in with detriment to straight-line speed! The cure was to drill and tap under the stub-axle and insert a pointed grubscrew to deter the rotation.