justin pane
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Is it possible to fit power steering to a 72 bay, anyone done it? I would be glad of any ideas. cheers :?:
It sounds like what Im after, any pics or more details on what unit to use, is it from a rascal as mentioned, ? much appreciated.easy said:Its not actually to bad to do, just a tad time consuming and can be expensive. A friend of mine had power steering on his late bay, it even had a variable adjuster so that you could tighten or loosen the steering, depending where or what you were doing. Its basically just a motor driven steering column.
The unit just sat below the indicator stalk where the shaft mounts to the dash, nice little unit. 8)
Hi rich, thanks for the advice, Ive just started to get some parts together. Im ok at welding and machining its the electrics that I have trouble with, so Ill be back to you at a later date for some advise, if thats ok, cheers.richbaker78 said:^ thats me doing the EPS / rack conversion in those links. i dont come on here much but if i can help with any questions ask away. its actually very easy to do if you can weld....but bear in mind that you really need a good condition slack free steering system for it not to feel really vague! This is a problem with early bay steering boxes.
I have the EPS linked to the rascal rack and also a weedeater beam...altho i have made my own air suspension set up properly mounted to the chassis.
Ive seen s/hand units for sale on e bay which include ecu boxes, are these the controlers? if not which one do I need as Im fitting it to a type 2 steering box :?: I appreciate your help.richbaker78 said:electrics the easiest bit - buy a controler on ebay....and wire it in as per instructions - there are lots of different ones from about £40 upwards.
YOu may want to think about which indicator stalks you use...corsa ones are apparently hard to wire in so you may want to use something off a simpler car or maybe modify your orignal VW ones.Ill be using the corsa stuff cos i like to make my life hard - i havent done this bit yet as i dont actually have a loom....ill be making my own from scratch when the time comes.
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