Reply to "Steering Rack Bump Steer Kit"

Hey Pantera Seeker,

I think you are missing something here. Generally, it's just plain cheaper and easier to buy the part when someone like Chuck puts a package together. But it all comes down to how much time you have on your hands. For most Pantera owners, it will cost more to make this unless your time is worth about $1.00 an hour. But there are some guys with lots of time, and they enjoy making little parts, for them it makes more sense to try to get the specs, and make it.

Your argument works the other way too, you could just as well say to buy from a vendor instead of Chuck, to keep the vendors in business. For some people, with even more money and less time, that probably makes sense too.

There's no way I can make these things for $40, even if I was given the specs, so I really appreciate what Chuck is doing, and I hope we see more of this kind of effort.

I guess my preference is to let the information flow freely, but recognize that you are almost always better off to buy the part then to try to make it.

Ken Green