Thread: 53 Is back from the Body Shop

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Are you running a MII rack or a the later Fox body rack? The Fox rack is "supposed" to be better able to tolerate pressure and came on much heavier cars than the MII. I know Thunderbirds used it and the Lincoln may have, too. An offset bushing is needed to mount it on pure MII front, but a lot of aftermarket front ends have a slotted hole on the passenger side to take both.

I do have to wonder if there is some kind of alignment problem with the rack that is putting a load on the seals that they are not designed to deal with. Are the tie rods at an extreme angle? Do you have a lot of caster dialed in? Extreme caster will kick the steering arms to a higher location. A bump steer kit may be needed if that's the case. Just speculating here.

FWIW - I have been running the same MII rack on my 46 with a Heidts pressure bypass valve for over 20 years and she's a heavy old girl at close to 4000 lbs.. Maybe the quality of current parts isn't as good.