Escort manual steering

[Werner Peters]

I have run into a snag with my conversion. I asked my mechanic to find me a
manual steering rack for the 98 Ford Escort. He shopped all his autowrecker
places and he was told that the 98 Escort model did not come with a manualk
sterring option, ergo none are available.

What do I do about this?
Are there 3rd party parts for this?

Werner

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[Chip Gribben]

I'm going to take a wild stab at this. Later Escorts share the same  
parts from Mazda, notably suspension and brakes. Not sure about  
steering parts. But they share some of those parts as well.

You can check out the Performance Ford Escort Blog sites. I can't  
remember which one it was but one enterprising individual on the  
Performance Ford Escort site went through and cross referenced tons  
of Mazda parts that would fit on the Escorts. But I can't recall now  
which site that was.

Mine is an 86 and came with Rack and Pinion steering. If all else  
fails you could go with an older model set up. It may take some  
fabrication work.

Chip

On Jul 23, 2008, at 10:45 AM, ev-request@... wrote:

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> Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:50:12 -0400
> From: "Werner Peters" <werner1950@...>
> Subject: [EVDL] Escort manual steering
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> I have run into a snag with my conversion. I asked my mechanic to  
> find me a
> manual steering rack for the 98 Ford Escort. He shopped all his  
> autowrecker
> places and he was told that the 98 Escort model did not come with a  
> manualk
> sterring option, ergo none are available.
>
> What do I do about this?
> Are there 3rd party parts for this?
>
> Werner

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[Thomas Brannan]

If you cannot find one from another vehicle that can be adapted, this company
will make whatever rack-and-pinion unit you want.

http://www.mavalgear.com/

Regards,
Tom Brannan


On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 9:59 AM, Chip Gribben <futurev@...> wrote:

> I'm going to take a wild stab at this. Later Escorts share the same
> parts from Mazda, notably suspension and brakes. Not sure about
> steering parts. But they share some of those parts as well.
>
> You can check out the Performance Ford Escort Blog sites. I can't
> remember which one it was but one enterprising individual on the
> Performance Ford Escort site went through and cross referenced tons
> of Mazda parts that would fit on the Escorts. But I can't recall now
> which site that was.
>
> Mine is an 86 and came with Rack and Pinion steering. If all else
> fails you could go with an older model set up. It may take some
> fabrication work.
>
> Chip
>
> On Jul 23, 2008, at 10:45 AM, ev-request@... wrote:
>
>> Message: 23
>> Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:50:12 -0400
>> From: "Werner Peters" <werner1950@...>
>> Subject: [EVDL] Escort manual steering
>> To: "Electric Vehicle Discussion List" <ev@...>
>> Message-ID:
>>       <9728a06b0807230550s5576ce82x376e4b154e47e396@...>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>>
>> I have run into a snag with my conversion. I asked my mechanic to
>> find me a
>> manual steering rack for the 98 Ford Escort. He shopped all his
>> autowrecker
>> places and he was told that the 98 Escort model did not come with a
>> manualk
>> sterring option, ergo none are available.
>>
>> What do I do about this?
>> Are there 3rd party parts for this?
>>
>> Werner
>
>
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