With the exception of when appearance is an issue—using a steering box on a traditional rod, for example—the use of a steering box or rack-and-pinion is down to personal choice when there's an option ...

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 ...

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. Rack-and-pinion steering, which has become commonplace in passenger vehicles and light trucks, is now getting its first trial in heavy-duty trucks. Though ...

It doesn’t matter how you pronounce it, because whichever way you choose to say “GIF” is guaranteed to cheese off about half the people listening. Such is the state of our polarized world, we suppose, ...

Depending on how they are manufactured, rack-and-pinion drives can deliver very precise motion, rivaling or exceeding that of ballscrews and even linear motors. Rack and pinions are the other ...

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 ...

Faithful followers of Mustang and Fords know that a rack-and-pinion conversion is one of the best things they can do to modernize their classic Ford. But maybe you've found sometimes all is not as it ...

It’s been awhile since we last checked in on Project Large Marge, Jason Lewis’s 1973 Mustang coupe, but here’s the latest technical installation video on the project. This ’73 coupe is being turned ...

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 ...

Formula 1 is nothing if not technologically advanced. What you see on the surface does little to give away how much time and effort goes into every detail of the car and the sport. Yes, at the end of ...

The new train on the Rheineck–Walzenhausen line is claimed to be the world’s first fully automated overland adhesion/rack-and-pinion rail vehicle. Credit: Stadler. Rolling stock manufacturer Stadler ...

Gears have powered the world for millennia, from clock machines to car engines. But miniaturizing them to microscopic dimensions has stumped engineers for decades.