Andy Borris Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Opinions please!Will a 2.9 turns (lock to lock) steering rack be too heavy? I'm running on 185/70@14 tyres and a standard bus type steering wheel!ThanksAndy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Thought you have PAS......?Anyway - I have a 7 tooth pinion in the standard non-PAS rack - not sure what that gives lock to lock but I reckon a fair bit more than 2.9 turns. It's heavy when parking and at low speed but ok once moving. That's on 185/65 15 tyres.Also consider that PAS cars have different steering arms compared to non PAS cars. Not quite sure what the differences are but I gather that a mismatch provides unwanted effects! I have some non-PAS ones if you'd like to swap. Could provide a loving home for your other PAS parts as well!CheersNick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radders Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Nick_Jones wrote:Thought you have PAS......?NickIt did when I sold it to him! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Borris Posted February 8, 2012 Author Share Posted February 8, 2012 Nick_Jones wrote:Thought you have PAS......?Anyway - I have a 7 tooth pinion in the standard non-PAS rack - not sure what that gives lock to lock but I reckon a fair bit more than 2.9 turns. It's heavy when parking and at low speed but ok once moving. That's on 185/65 15 tyres.Also consider that PAS cars have different steering arms compared to non PAS cars. Not quite sure what the differences are but I gather that a mismatch provides unwanted effects! I have some non-PAS ones if you'd like to swap. Could provide a loving home for your other PAS parts as well!CheersNickThanks NickPower steering is off, never to return. They do have different steering arms, because the power steering rack is much thicker then the manual, the arms have more "drop", to compensate for the lower rack center.Using the wrong arms will give increased bump steer, though not by much, I'd have thought.The 2.9 ratio sounds that it'll be too heavy, even with roller top mounts!Radders, get back to studying EFI! ;D. Meant to say, start with the sdsefi site, gives a good basic explain.Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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