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==Inner bracket/inner tie rod mount== One thing not covered yet, is the angle of the mount for your rack. We chose to rotate the rack until the steering sector was pointed at the end of our steering column. This made a fairly straight-on connection for the intermediate steering column link, with no extreme angles to deal with. It also made the connecting link less than 11 inches long, including the U joints, so no supporting heim joint was necessary. It did however, require the center bracket to be built with an angle included in the mount. On the first bracket we built (we made the mistake of fabricating the bracket before we changed the steering arms), we had the mounts offset from the center of the rack. A 1 inch plate is necessary to move the bracket out beyond the bellows. Then we ground out a portion of a 1 inch square tube and welded it at an angle to the 1 inch plate. {| |[[Image:Offset_bracket_side_view.jpg|thumb|center|360px|End view of a bracket with height and angle offset from original mounting position]] |[[Image:Offset_center_bracket.jpg|thumb|center|380px|Front view of the offset bracket]] |} In the final install, we needed the mounts to be nearly in plane with the original mounting holes. This changed the design completely. In the offset bracket, the 1 inch plate can be mounted to the rack with the original bolts (12mm 1.25 {fine} thread bolts) in the second version, longer bolts were required. Rather than weld the flat bar at an angle, we chose to drill the mounting holes at an angle and then weld in some grade 8 12mm bolts for the cavalier inner mount to fasten too. [[Image:Straight_thru_bracket.jpg|thumb|left|350px|Nearly straight through, but at an adjusted angle. Note that the mount compensates for the rack being about 1/2 inch off center in the car.]] <br style="clear:both"/> Rather than use the original Cavalier tie rods, you may decide to build the tie rods out of tubing with adjustable tie rods on each end. You will need a tapered reamer for this operation. {| |[[Image:Power_rack_install_rear_view.jpg|thumb|350px|center|Power rack installed, rear view]] |[[Image:Rack_front_view.jpg|thumb|350px|center|Power rack installed front view]] |} [[Image:Original_cavalier_inner_tie_rods.jpg|thumb|550px|center|Installation using original Cavalier inner tie rods and fabricated bracket]] <br style="clear:both"/>
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