Power Steering to Manual

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I just finished the T-5 swap. Yes, it did take me forever. When I got it started again and drove it around the block, I came back and a huge puddle was under the car. It appears the rack esploded and leaked everything out. I would rather not dump another 400 bucks in there right now so I need to decide what to do. Can I just remove everything power steering until I feel like fixing it? I imagine if I let the power steering pump spin without fluid it will burn up eventually. Or will it just act as an idle pulley? The fun never ends! Thanks

 

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R2D2

Aug 22, 2006

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• Aug 22, 2006

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good luck turning a power steering rack manually. theres a reason flaming river and the other companies make manual racks

 

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sbftech said:

good luck turning a power steering rack manually. theres a reason flaming river and the other companies make manual racks

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oh its pretty much sucky. from a stop it reminds me of turning a tractor! Ah those were the days!

 

Modular2v

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5.0 con-vert said:

I just finished the T-5 swap. Yes, it did take me forever. When I got it started again and drove it around the block, I came back and a huge puddle was under the car. It appears the rack esploded and leaked everything out. I would rather not dump another 400 bucks in there right now so I need to decide what to do. Can I just remove everything power steering until I feel like fixing it? I imagine if I let the power steering pump spin without fluid it will burn up eventually. Or will it just act as an idle pulley? The fun never ends! Thanks

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Yes the power steering pump will burn up eventually ! Look into getting a flaming river one ASAP. I have one in the shop that im getting ready to put on as soon as i stop being a tight ass and buy a tubular k member. Get on E bay and look around for one, you can find them there for a little bit cheaper

 

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Modular2v said:

Yes the power steering pump will burn up eventually ! Look into getting a flaming river one ASAP. I have one in the shop that im getting ready to put on as soon as i stop being a tight ass and buy a tubular k member. Get on E bay and look around for one, you can find them there for a little bit cheaper

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Nice. thanks. That will be the next plan of attack then. Dammit! Now Im gonna need another new belt!!!

 

TomCat

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I seriously need a flaming river rack... my lack of power steering is getting annoying

 

Hickfied

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Has anyone tried the manual racks for our cars that Autozone has? I seen them for $100

 

85_SS_302_Coupe

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I may be alone here but i don't see any real benefit of ditching power steering (i guess if you HAVE to because of money, that's one thing) but unless you have a dedicated quarter mile only car and you want to save every last pound of weight, PS is one of those luxuries that i don't see a reason to let go. Even with Flaming River racks it sucks from a stand still and arouns slow tight corners, and if you run big wise 17s up front then it's even worse.

Just my $.02

 

Hickfied

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I'm going with manual steering, and a spool for my semi DD

run like a 100% track car, look like a 100% street car (except the 28in DOT slicks).

 

bubba-dough

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I just had the same problem. I opted to just get a remanufactured rack complete for $80, outer tie rods for $30, bushings $10, new pressure and return lines for $60 and finally an alignment for $30. Not bad for about $210.

 

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Aug 23, 2006

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bubba-dough said:

I just had the same problem. I opted to just get a remanufactured rack complete for $80, outer tie rods for $30, bushings $10, new pressure and return lines for $60 and finally an alignment for $30. Not bad for about $210.

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Thats not too bad then. I may invest if its only a couple hundred bucks. Thanks for the input.