I am doing an overhaul of the front suspension in my TR. I have been tidying up the steering rack prior to refitting it. The actual piece where the input goes into the rack and that houses the pinion gear appears to be an alloy casting. Should this be painted black ? It does have some black paint on some of it but not sure if this was added post factory. I know the main steel tube is indeed painted black.
All pictures of "new" steering racks are indeed black - but I wonder whether production cars were.
I know this is a bit of an odd question.
Tim
