When Studs break....

[ty at festf.org (Tyler P.)]

Hey, for you guys that have tapped this out and put in a bolt.  How far in
can I drill the hole?  I don't want to hit anything on the other side.   

-----Original Message-----
From: Shawn c Meze [mailto:skerocdriver@juno.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 4:01 PM
To: ty@festf.org
Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Subject: Re: When Studs break....




On Tue, 27 May 2003 08:47:58 -0700 "Tyler P." <ty@festf.org> writes:
> My steering has been pretty messed up.  The steering rack shifts back 
> and
> forth on my car so that the wheel has a big deadzone before I get 
> any
> steering response.   I jacked my car up last night and found that 
> the bottom
> stud on the for the steering rack U bracket had snapped.  This is a 
> manual
> steering rack so now I only have one bolt holding it down and that 
> lets it
> slide back and forth.  


Just drill and tap a hole to fit a bolt. Thats how I fixed my 84 a while
ago, still holds after all the miles of racing its done. 


Shawn M?ze
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