Ackermann ?

[mignum]

Took the tie rod ends loose and put the inner pivots on the string line and it looks pretty close with the tie rod ends out of the way. With the tie rod ends on the rack it appears that it may be a little inside the string line which would indicate that a longer rack would be needed. But... its pretty close... Joe said that front takes a 19 3/4 rack, if I go that route it appears that it might be a little long.... but that may help me with my ackermann and bump steer problem, I am sure Joe knows a lot that I dont, they may have found that after more testing that the 19 3/4 worked better... heck I dont know!

[let-r-eat]

This is very important because that is what determines the ability to control bump steer. We can talk about the relationship between the LCA lengths and tie rod lengths, steering arm position another time.

[let-r-eat]

Took the tie rod ends loose and put the inner pivots on the string line and it looks pretty close with the tie rod ends out of the way. With the tie rod ends on the rack it appears that it may be a little inside the string line which would indicate that a longer rack would be needed. But... its pretty close... Joe said that front takes a 19 3/4 rack, if I go that route it appears that it might be a little long.... but that may help me with my ackermann and bump steer problem, I am sure Joe knows a lot that I dont, they may have found that after more testing that the 19 3/4 worked better... heck I dont know!

A 1/4 of an inch on each side may not seem like much but will make a ton of difference when looking at bump. There's a ton of difference between 19 1/4 and 19 3/4. That's a 1/4 of an inch per side and depending on suspension travel could amount to 4 or 5 times that in bump.