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Pat Gardner Rack & Pinion conversion 4 HR Front Ends
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 7:16 pm
by Thommo
I am going to have to put a rack & pinion set-up in
the panel van to be able to lower the steering wheel position.
Are the Pat Gardner conversions the best?
Does anyone here use one?
Any pro's and con's?
Cheers
Jeff
Re: Pat Gardner Rack & Pinion conversion 4 HR Front Ends
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 7:27 pm
by NoMAD
I've got a rods racks unit out of Queensland... Very happy with the conversion job, Haven't driven it yet obviously but he's got a pretty good rep
Cheers
Nathan
Re: Pat Gardner Rack & Pinion conversion 4 HR Front Ends
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 7:30 pm
by Thommo
Cheers Nathan, I'll look them up.
One thing I forgot to mention,
It must be a rear mounted rack,
I don't want it to be seen when fitted.
Re: Pat Gardner Rack & Pinion conversion 4 HR Front Ends
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 7:35 pm
by NoMAD
Yeah he can sort both sorts... You may need a star fire oil filter adapter as well
I think it's rodsracks.com.au
Cheers
Nathan
Re: Pat Gardner Rack & Pinion conversion 4 HR Front Ends
Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2010 12:22 am
by vintageholden
why arnt people using lh torana,s to convert looks easy enough...
do it yourself and save money...
sounds better to say ..i built that..
Re: Pat Gardner Rack & Pinion conversion 4 HR Front Ends
Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2010 12:33 am
by (AUST)Mod
My old EK (Now owned by POPS) has rear mounted R+P installed. Was installed by Classic Olden in Perth and had a fantastic turning circle.
Re: Pat Gardner Rack & Pinion conversion 4 HR Front Ends
Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2010 1:40 am
by vintageholden
by tony??
Re: Pat Gardner Rack & Pinion conversion 4 HR Front Ends
Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2010 10:17 am
by (AUST)Mod
Yes.
Re: Pat Gardner Rack & Pinion conversion 4 HR Front Ends
Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 3:41 pm
by DOLLER
Have any of you guys had any experience with the CRS straightened HR streering arms??
Re: Pat Gardner Rack & Pinion conversion 4 HR Front Ends
Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 5:16 pm
by Thommo
Thommo wrote:Are the Pat Gardner conversions the best?
Does anyone here use one?
Any pro's and con's?
Anyone?
Re: Pat Gardner Rack & Pinion conversion 4 HR Front Ends
Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 6:52 pm
by Trev
They look great but the price
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Re: Pat Gardner Rack & Pinion conversion 4 HR Front Ends
Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2010 8:54 am
by Blacky
I had a Pat Gardner rack in the V6 EK - rear mount , good turning circle and drove like a bought one.
If I was going to convert another one Pat would be the first bloke I would call. It was about $750 5 years ago from memory.
Re: Pat Gardner Rack & Pinion conversion 4 HR Front Ends
Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2010 10:24 am
by DOLLER
Re: Pat Gardner Rack & Pinion conversion 4 HR Front Ends
Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2010 10:53 am
by Harv
G'day Doller,
From memory my CRS kit came (crossmember, stubs etc, all changeover) came with rebent HR arms. They bolted up OK, but the turning circle is pretty huge (looks like an 80-point turn if you get lost in Maccas carpark
). Having said that, my bog-stock FB is not much better.
Cheers,
Harv
Re: Pat Gardner Rack & Pinion conversion 4 HR Front Ends
Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2010 11:10 am
by DOLLER
Hmmm. Yeah ok thanks Harv.
The reason why I'm asking is because I have a front mount torana rack with HQ stubs on a HR front end and have been told the normal HR arms will work and other blokes are saying I will need the rebent CRS ones and I have seen some guys with the same set up even using the short HQ ones. I have normal HR and long HQ ones in the shed, if I cant find out I might just suck it and see!
Buggered if I know what to use.
