Power to manual steering rack

**barefootbonzai** · 13-04-2006 10:51 PM

Disclaimer: The following is provided as a GUIDE ONLY, and neither myself, nor OzHonda take any responsibility for the outcomes of someone else doing the following. You follow these steps at your own risk!

Reasons behind y someone would do this:

1. Engine conversion and no room for power steering
2. Want that extra bit of power from no extra belt
3. save a little bit of weight
4. Like a better feel to the road

Can't really think of any other reasons.

Well what do you do?

- take off the pump
- take out the stocko resovour
- loop the bits that connect to the 2 above
- add in some sort of breather to make the steering bearable

There is a number of different way that it can be done. There's like heaps cheaper ways to achieve this. I've choosen probably the most bling and expensive way to do it

SpeedFlow Fittings. Cost close to $150 for the fittings.

Hey man,

There is much cheaper ways of doin it using shitter parts. for example:

But as for the speed flow stuff, just go to any hose specialist store, they should stock or be able to order in the fittings (most likely cause it's some weird sizes). Here's what's on the docket:

1 x Male to Female ext 952-6 (blue extension thing)
1 x 9/16-18 unf (blue T shape thing)
1 x adaptor m16 x 1.5 (adator to rack big hole)
1 x adaptor m14 x 1.5 (adator to rack smaller hole)
3 x straight hose ends (shit that hose connects to)
1 x u-bend (red u-bend)

note racks have different sizes. I got the size by cutting the fittings off and brought it to them to size.

Alright, theres' nothing to it, just a bit of a bitch getting the parts together. Just follow the pics. I'll be happy to answer any questions.

**ECU-MAN** · 14-04-2006 11:11 PM

nice work

how about adding some nore info like where does the hose that you added go

**barefootbonzai** · 14-04-2006 11:35 PM

hehehe, yeah the hose goes to a breather/resoviour of power steering fluid. i'll go take a pic.

**crispy** · 15-04-2006 12:45 PM

Is it absolutely necessary to have the power steering rack ventilated when converted to a manual rack? I know you need fluid in the rack, thats a given but would it be fine to just to get a small resevoir from lets say a motor bike to provide fluid and make fluid top ups easy?

I ask as i am referring to this article on Power steering removal

**Zdster** · 15-04-2006 02:03 PM

Pardon my ignorance, but why would you want to undertake this mod? If you have the preference dont you want power steering?

**barefootbonzai** · 15-04-2006 05:46 PM

crispy you can use anything you want, i just already had the catch can lying around so i used it.

zdster, only bored people with too much time on their hands do this mod.

**Zdster** · 15-04-2006 05:49 PM

Originally Posted by barefootbonzai

zdster, only bored people with too much time on their hands do this mod.

Thanks for explaining it

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**panda[cRx]** · 15-04-2006 07:35 PM

Originally Posted by barefootbonzai

zdster, only bored people with too much time on their hands do this mod.

or people with no room for power steering pumps in their engine bay

care to do a write up?
the pics don't do much for the average joe.
what kinda plumbing you use? where you get it? etc (i can see these questions coming

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**Steer^Gimic** · 15-04-2006 08:12 PM

well done barefoot. alot of ppl tend to use another clutch fluid resovior and mount it next to there current one. i think there is actually a hole for it at the back of the shock tower, looks factory!

adding a bottle to top up the fluid isnt necessary. it can be looped. as long as the rack is relieving pressure and re-circulating whatever fluid is left in there

well done, are they superflow fittings? a good idea is to mention thread sizes you needed. common problem when ppl are trying to chase all the fittings

**barefootbonzai** · 15-04-2006 09:10 PM

Alright boys i'll write a little about it. As for fitting sizes, that was the most ****ed up part about it. Had to order every single bit cause they are weird sizes.