Steering rack u bolts.

[tonybsa]

Where is the best place to get steering rack u -bolts. I have bought some from a well known Triumph supplier (not Rimmers), and they have sent me 8mm diameter instead of 7mm diameter, and they really do not want to go through the clamps.

[xvivalve]

I have some used ones...

[tonybsa]

Thanks. How much do you want for a pair including postage to County Durham?

[TrustNo1]

Where is the best place to get steering rack u -bolts. I have bought some from a well known Triumph supplier (not Rimmers), and they have sent me 8mm diameter instead of 7mm diameter, and they really do not want to go through the clamps.

That may explain the why i was struggling to fit a pair a few weeks ago, the did eventually fit.

[Richard the old one]

I have noted that on the later cars the U bolts are welded to the clamp but I have found that this then makes it difficult to get the U bolts and clamps out on a 1500cc so I prefer the separate U bolt type as you can then push the U bolts out and then get the clamp out.

[tonybsa]

I agree with you Richard. On the Sprint the oil pump restricts access when trying to remove the u bolt, and clamp. I found the easiest way to refit is to bend the u bolt to about 15 degrees halfway up, place the u bolt into the clamp, about halfway, then you can get the clamp under the oil pump,and onto the rack mount, and the top of the u bolt between the block,and the pump. Then its just a matter of pushing the u bolt through the clamp, and into the subframe.
The 8 mm u bolts Jigsaw Triumph sold me will not only not slide through the clamp, but are too big to fit the u section of the clamp properly.
They are probably Ok for their solid rack mounts, but a poor fit at best, and at worst possibly dangerous if trying to fit to an original Triumph clamp.