While designing steering travel limiters for the Cobalt steering racks I learned something new. I had noticed that some of our shop cars would rub the control arms and some would not. I had blamed it on wheel diameter and offset.
What I found is SS racks have .5" less travel in each direction compared to base racks.
I am sure they did this because the SS models come with wider tires.
To find out which rack you have, bottom out the rack in one direction and then count how many turns it takes to bottom out in the other direction.
SS is less than 3 full turns and base models are more than three full turns.
This is the base model spacer. 3/4 inch thick. You will need two, one for each side.
This is the SS spacer. 1/4 inch thick.
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I made a set and installed it in Adam's Goblin last week. It keeps the wheel about an inch from the control arm.
It wasn't as tough to install them as I thought it would be.
It is nice driving Adam's Goblin without worrying about the wheels rubbing. His wheels must be different than what my orange Goblin had because my wheels never rubbed the control arms.
I will have both styles machined and ready to ship in about six weeks.
When they are ready I will post here with some instructions and have adam add them to the store.
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