Steering Rack Patent

[M100]

The alloy pinion housing has a patent number cast in - 7166141

http://lotusfaq.org/Elan/Documents/GB_P ... g_Rack.pdf

[marcfuller]

Both links return a "Pade Not Found" as follows and at a different URL-
http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/mce/Ela ... 0_Rack.pdf

UPDATE - Works now, but still redirects.

[M100]

Marc, you must have been quick to click! I renamed the file and altered the link a few minutes after posting as I discovered the message board software splits URL's which have any spaces in them.

The redirect on the whole of the lotusfaq.org domain is just to my ISP personal webspace, which, although limited in storage space, is effectively unlimited as far as data transfer is concerned. The early Elan parts list is on there but because of space concerns I had to put the early Elan service manual (41MB) elsewhere on another server I use (which is limited) hence my concerns over the huge bandwidth spike when first posting the link a few weeks ago.

The link in the message ought to remain stable and the lotusfaq one is preferred, although as at some point, maybe when I get broadband, I will move the file and effectively all the files on lotusfaq.org off my isp's server to somewhere more appropriate.

There are quite a few patents by Alford and Alder, I'm trying to find one on the front suspension if it exists.