TR4/4A TR4 Steering--Just a Question I've Always Had

[KVH]

Oftentimes I recall my "high school" TR4 in my garage, in various states of repair and disrepair. I remember turning the steering wheel and watching the two front support brackets move under pressure from the tension of steering. I seem to recall looking at the design and manufacture, and not feeling confident with that particular feature. The design changed in later years, and, of course, the 4A was always the new design with the top U-Flange type housing. Was the old design OK, or was that, in fact, a problem of sorts?

 

[TRMark]

The Works TR4 Rally thought so. I received a list including pictures of modifications from Ian Cornish for rallying a TR4.
About the steering:

Steering: the cars have the early rack, which was mounted on two brackets rising vertically (Arrow 5 on diagram). To prevent these breaking off, the cross tube (Arrow 6 on diagram), which connects the two turrets of the front spring mountings, has a pair of brackets facing vertically downwards so as to meet the upcoming brackets (this is very clear in one of the shots in “90s Photographs/4VC Rebuild”). The rack is solid-mounted (no rubber) and each of its U bolts pass through the rising and falling brackets where they overlap. This is very strong, but makes installation of the U brackets a little fiddly!

I built the reinforcements and put them on my car last year, it made the steering much more "solid". I am using larger tires.

Yes, I replaced the motor mount on the left of the picture.