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Triumph TR3 - upgraded steering for TR3

Could anyone provide a link to suppliers of rack and pinion steering conversions for the TR3. Thanks in advance. Marty
marty scott

There may be others, but know these guys show a rack conversion for the TR3A. Can also be used on TR2 & 3 if upper column from TR3A is used according to website.

http://www.revingtontr.com/

Price line shows "please enquire." This probably means that some fabrication work/welding is required and/or bring money.



SteveP

There is a fellow in Roanoke VA who is selling the rack and pinion from Glen Hewitt in Wallingford in England. Glen is at Protec Tel:- 011 44 1491 832372. Glen or his dad who plays violin can tell you who in USA sells it.

Neil can be reached by phone at:- 011 44 1823 698437.

One of the above requires welding while the other is bolt-in.

Glen sold me a kit consisting of a spring loaded modification to the TR3 steering box to take out all the slack in my steering and it's been great for the last 9 years (over 50,000 miles).

Herman Van den Acker in California is now making a similar kit to get all the slack out of the steering. It won't make it any easier to turn in tight parking situations but it ... well you check with Herman.

Tell him I told you to.

handhvan@msn.com

Don Elliott, Original Owner, 1958 TR3A


Don Elliott

I can recommend the system that Don is talking about, with his help I built my own and with a few teething adjustment problems, I now have it working perfectly. You may recall Don, I was trying to increase the camber to improve the self centreing of the TR3A but as you suggested a little more fiddleing with the adjustment cured all of that self centreing problem. It was qite simple to make for somebody with basic engineering skills and machineshop equipment. I made the pawl that rubs on the worm, assemble through from the worm side, so that if the spring breaks the pawl will NOT dissen-guauge from the worm with the obvious disasterous results. The spring I used was a high quality spring that we use in tool-making on flywheel press dies. I oppted for this method because of the success and satisfaction that Don has experienced with his modified steering box and the fact that it is much closer to the standard TR3A than the rack modification, which is also expensive.Total cost for the mod was about A$25 and 3 hours labour. I also own an MGA which as many of you know has the good 'ole rack and pinion system. I must say that the mod on the TR3A steering has made the the steering as light and as positve as the MGA and I would recommend it.I realy should make up a mud map of the mod and email it to whom ever wants it.It fits in with plenty of room to spare and all you need to do is leave the right hand horn off(right hand for those that drive on the proper side of the road (smile)) untill you finish adjusting the spring tension and then replaced.This adjustment should be done by road test by slightly over tightening and then backing off untill the self-centreing returns to normal or your taste.....Regards to all, John Strange
John13

Thanks John for your input. I'm glad to find out that it works and that you have solved your problem. Since we last corresponded, I found out that Herman Van den Acker in Califoria is making this kit available and supplies it with two springs for you to choose from, so as to get the best adjustment and "feeling".

Herman can be reached at handhvan@msn.com

and you can see the 5-speed Toyota conversion he offers for any TR on his web site :-

http://manatee.mojam.com/~skip/5-speed-flyer.html

Don Elliott, 1958 TR3A
Don Elliott

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