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Steering rack bracket (drivers side round one)
#1
Hi

to cut a long story short: I knackered mine. :oops:


Does anyone have a spare driver's side steering rack bracket they'd sell to me? it's the rounder one of the two.

cheers me dears.

Dave.
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- Dave Smith

VIN: #00944 DOC: #535
VIN: #03193
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#2
I had the same problem when I removed mine, the threads were bust. Unfortunatly DMCH have run out of these, (they have plenty of the others :roll: ) I did get a secondhand one but the thread snapped on this also. In the end I cut off the round threaded part (like an exhaust clamp) and welded on some bolts with the head cut off.
Chris
Membership Secretary DOC UK
2021's DeLorean event: http://www.deloreans.co.uk/forum/showthr...p?tid=6056
VIN#15768 Ex VIN#4584
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#3
cheers Chris.

I was thinking of cutting off the round bar and replacing it with some screw thread.

I made the mistake of not using a HT steel nut when re-installing mine - it didn't take a lost for the thing to cross thread and couldn't get the thing off without cutting through it with my mini cutting tool (unfortunatly I'd knackered the thread.)



ta
Dave.
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- Dave Smith

VIN: #00944 DOC: #535
VIN: #03193
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#4
what's this thing plated in? kind of goldie/copper colour?


:? :?:
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- Dave Smith

VIN: #00944 DOC: #535
VIN: #03193
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#5
Hi Barson,

If it's like many of the other plated components on the car, it'll be zinc I think.

Cheers,

Phil
1982 DeLorean VIN 12173 (a.k.a VIN 601)
1989 Alpine GTA V6 Turbo
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#6
hi

yeah - i thought that, but on the underside it looks shiny goldie colour. Doesn't galvenising with zinc produce a flat grey colour?



ho hum :oops:
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- Dave Smith

VIN: #00944 DOC: #535
VIN: #03193
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#7
Barson Wrote:cheers Chris.

I was thinking of cutting off the round bar and replacing it with some screw thread.

I made the mistake of not using a HT steel nut when re-installing mine - it didn't take a lost for the thing to cross thread and couldn't get the thing off without cutting through it with my mini cutting tool (unfortunatly I'd knackered the thread.)



ta
Dave.

Be carefull using threaded rod, from my limited usage with it, it is a fairly soft metal, and easy to strip the threads (again) :oops:

Chris
Membership Secretary DOC UK
2021's DeLorean event: http://www.deloreans.co.uk/forum/showthr...p?tid=6056
VIN#15768 Ex VIN#4584
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#8
Silver plating is zing, gold plating is (or was) cadmium. These days it's yellow chromate (sp?) but that's being banned too apparently.

I have a couple of sets of rack brackets.
Martin Gutkowski
DeLorean Cars
http://www.delorean.co.uk
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#9
ahh - cadmium.

can you sell me one bracket? :oops: or do i need the pair? :? Smile
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- Dave Smith

VIN: #00944 DOC: #535
VIN: #03193
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#10
or i should say, do i have to buy the pair? Smile
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- Dave Smith

VIN: #00944 DOC: #535
VIN: #03193
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#11
This is taken from the Millennium Concours group and was posted by Dave Swingle to show the difference between cadmium plating and OEM-style yellow zinc plating:

[Image: baf4.jpg]

The caption for the photo reads "Darker one is Cadmium, Yellow Zinc is proper"
1982 DeLorean VIN 12173 (a.k.a VIN 601)
1989 Alpine GTA V6 Turbo
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#12
I don't think yellow zinc existed in the early 80's... I thought it was developed as a replacement for Cd when that became illegal... dunno for sure.

No, I won't make you buy the pair Wink
Martin Gutkowski
DeLorean Cars
http://www.delorean.co.uk
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