Rack n Pinion on a straight axle?

I always wondered if a rack could be used on a straight axle In my case a Model A. Yesterday at a car show I saw 3 cars with such a system, so now I know it can be done. A specific rack was used for this that only had a tie rod on the passenger which connected to the passenger side steering arm. I have already forgotten some of the details but I believe that the tie rod coming from the rack looked like a conventional cross steer drag link instead of the typical rack tie rod. Anybody here have experience with this?

 

unisteer. Complaints are large turning radius

 

I have Unisteer on my Deuce highboy. Sixty plus thousand miles. I like it.

 

I'm toying with trying that on the Ruby since I am so restricted in the front end.

 

If it works it works. Glad you like it and it is functioning well. I have always wondered about that setup.

 

Any chance of some pictures of your setup?

 

First photo is with left hood raised, (left hand drive).

Second photo, it hardly shows with the hood closed.

 

There has been a lot of discussion on this topic over the years. I've just searched my own content; there is certainly much more:
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum...ould-be-bump-steer.612919/page-2#post-6811208
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/rack-and-pinion-with-solid-front-axles.366235/
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum...n-a-56-solid-axle-pickup.744900/#post-8271314
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/dual-drag-links.414663/
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/chain-drive-steering.649421/page-6#post-11476773
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum...udied-the-steering.509047/page-3#post-5996234

 

Seems like the Unisteer is designed around 4 bars and hairpins.

The "dead" end of the rack extends outward when turning right and can get really close to regular split 'bones if you are not careful.

The connection to the RH steering arm is also interesting to work out with the wishbones and a brake kit that requires stock steering arms. Drag link isn't low enough to go under the wishbone like it does with a regular cross-steer box.

 

The comments about split bones clearance may well be correct.
I have Super Bell 4" dropped axle and matching dropped steering arms, along with P&J hairpins, etc.
The steering link and tie rod are nearly parallel from front view and top view.
Here are photos with full left and full right to show more than adequate clearance.