Rack and pinion steering is commonly used in modern vehicles to facilitate steering control. It involves a gear assembly consisting of a rack (a straight bar with teeth) and a pinion gear (a small ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Freightliner Trucks announced today it will begin offering rack and pinion steering as an option on the Freightliner Century Class, Coronado, and Columbia, truck models as well as ...

When's the last time you looked underneath an early hot rod with a tube axle or I-beam axle and found rack-and-pinion steering? More likely, you saw a Vega box or Mustang box-but rack-and-pinion is ...

Freightliner Trucks is the first heavy-duty truck manufacturer to offer rack and pinion steering, a component that until now has been used only in automobiles and light trucks. Offering several ...

If you've ever driven an older vehicle without power steering or a contemporary car with a power steering malfunction, you probably understand just how important these systems are. They drastically ...

Rack and pinion drives are an age-old mechanism widely used for converting rotary motion into linear motion. However, myths and misconceptions abound regarding the use and application of rack and ...

Alan Mulally, who became Ford Motor Co. chief executive six months ago, says the company’s products are the best in its history. Mulally is probably right, given how much the quality of Ford products ...

Rack-and-pinion steering is somewhat different from the steering boxes we looked at in last month's issue. Perhaps the best way to describe it is that it combines the steering box and tie rod, or ...

One of the most popular restomod-style modifications for '65-'70 Mustangs involves swapping out the factory worm-and-sector steering for modern rack-and-pinion, which provides tighter, quicker, and ...

There are typically four phobias about a rack-and-pinion conversion: We'll discuss each of these as we go through our conversion. Our guinea pig is a '70 Mustang convertible that's already had a ...

Freightliner Trucks will begin offering rack and pinion steering as an option on Century Class, Coronado, Columbia, Classic, and Classic XL models later this year. The system, which increases control ...