Rack and pinion steering??

[85AmCfreak]

I was looking on rockauto the other day and realized they had an option for rack and pinion. Could someone elaborate if this is even feasible? Did they come from the company as an option?

[Eagleearl]

Eagles did not come with rack and pinion steering. What you saw was probably for the later Chrysler Eagle Premier.

[85AmCfreak]

I typed everything in correctly 1985/Amc/eagle/258

[AMC of Houston]

Just another instance of the beancounters messing with the car parts catalog databases.   The only AMC passenger car that came with R&P steering was the Pacer.

[85AmCfreak]

I figured that, thought maybe there was some aftermarket mod they were selling. Not that I would install it I was just wondering. Thanks for clearing that up guys.

[AMC of Houston]

There are indeed some neat aftermarket R&P / coil-over front suspension kits out there for all modern AMC passenger cars EXCEPT (wait for it!) the Eagle.   Wish they would do up an Eagle version; could probably adapt a current kit with only a spindle redesign.

[BenM]

I know the Mustang II rack is adaptable to the Pacer. Pacers use the same GM column and GM pump everything else AMC did.

The Pacer is wide, so you'd have to measure to see if it fits alright. You'd also have to fabricate mounts and measure to be sure you can clear the front axle, although the Cherokee did some acrobatics to get the column connected.

It's all idle speculation, of course.