Steering rack and column

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Build Manual Build Sequence Monocoque Front End Rear End Doors Finishing Donor Components Rover Metro Donor Components Rover 220/420 Components Build Sections Battery Beam end covers Bonnet and front spliter mould Boot bootlock and hinges Brake lines Carpets Dashboard cover Doors Engine cover moulding Engine frame Engine and auxiliaries Exhaust Front suspension Gear change Handbrake lever cables and calipers Door panels Trim Headlight covers Heater and pipework Lights Part trim panels option Pedal box and master cylinder Perspex screens rear and side Petrol tank filler neck and cap Pipes and services through the tunnel Radiator ducting and splash moulds to monocoque Radiator mould radiator and pipework Rear suspension Roof panel Seat belts Seats and runners Separate instrument option Setting up the car for the road Soft trimming Spare wheel mould and spare wheel Steering rack and column Throttle pedal Trimming hard panels Windscreen and rear bulkhead screen Windscreen washer bottle pipes and jets Wiper motor and blades Wiring Wiring loom insruments and fuse box 1800 gear change p.g.1 gearbox 1800 engine mountings 5AS alarm units Hydraulic clutch 1800 engine steady Spyder Supplement Top Seatbelt Mounting Hood Boot Engine Compartment Grills Stainless Steel Mesh

The Libra uses the standard Metro steering column bolted directly to the bottom of the structural dashboard. The steering column is spaced off the bottom of the dashboard using two T0618 at the top and two T0617 at the bottom. The bottom link between the two universal joints is lengthened on exchange by GTM.

Once lengthened this link bolts directly to the steering rack. The steering rack used by the Libra is a standard Metro L.H.D steering rack, which bolts directly to the monocoque through the horizontal front panel the steering rack is held off the monocoque by two 3mm spacers which allow for any final adjustment.

Spreader plates are used under the clamping bolts inside the monocoque. In a similar manner to the Metro two bolts and a standard Metro clamp the other and is held with a special U bolt provided in the kit hold one end of the steering rack. The track rod ends used on the Libra are the standard Metro track rod ends and not the GTA GTI track rod ends.

The track road ends are fitted to the steering rack in the standard manner Once the special steering rack extenders have been fitted to the steering rack. These extenders are screw and lock bolted to the steering rack.