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Message: <blockquote data-quote="blizzND" data-source="post: 1256471" data-attributes="member: 18523">Over the weekend I had time for a small project, so I finally got around to the rack and pinon.My Cobra came with a power steering rack, with the hoses removed, I knew that was too hookey, but it did have a bumpsteer kit which was a plus.so when I bought the engine from Joe in Arizona, I also bought his Fox chassis Flaming river rack and the steering shaft.Little did I know that Ford in their infinite wisdom had 2 thread sizes for their racks,Since the inner tie rods are different lengths between the Fox and SN95 I needed to swap them, again, Ford did not make that easy, the SN95 was a Female cup, and the Fox Male thread.top Fox innermiddle, Fox Rack, SN95 length male attach inner tie-rodlower, SN95 Rack, female thread inner tie-rod<img src="http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e92/blizzardND/94%20Cobra%20drag%20car/b485c4e9-a0ed-40db-8347-b3549819d3f6_zps6b5a5212.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Grrr. So a while back I ordered inner tie-rods from Flaming River, ~25 dollars each, problem solved, lets assemble...not so fast, remember I mentioned Ford thread size? my Bumpsteer kit from the SN95 (Metric) would not fit on the Flaming River tie rods as they were Fox size (9/16 UNF)So I had my friends Machine shop fab me a pair of adjuster sleeves from some 1" Chrome Moly tube. So, now I'm set to go.. Except, the previous owner, failed to use anti-seize when they threaded a steel heim joint into an aluminum sleeve.grrrr...<img src="http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e92/blizzardND/94%20Cobra%20drag%20car/IMG_20140209_132435_453_zps306ccfe3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />20 minutes later, with a long 1/2" ratchet extension and a bit of cussing, I had them freed up... fortunately I didn't damage either the Heim or the sleeve. Now with everything together I have a SN 95 power rack, and some adjuster sleeves looking for a new home.I cleaned and painted the manual rack, and I should be ready to re mount it to the K-member later this spring.But you smart guys out there are sayin... "yes, but what will you use for the steering column? since they are different from Fox to SN95.."you would be correct, another Ford mystery; why they would change something that worked for millions of cars...what I did, was use the lower half of the Flaming river shaft, and the upper half of the SN95 by pressing the U-joint out and on.. <img src="http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e92/blizzardND/94%20Cobra%20drag%20car/IMG_20140209_131217_433_zps2920f4f5.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />I had it all mocked up back in Sept. <img src="http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e92/blizzardND/94%20Cobra%20drag%20car/IMG_20131005_170811_545_zps48bec8cc.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />all for now, ~blizz</blockquote>