At 04:22 AM 6/12/2002, Andrew Grebneff wrote: >>#1) The rack of course is different. >>#2) The spindles are different >>#3) The lower control arms are different >>#4) The steering linkage is different >>#5) And of course there is the pump and hoses. >>#6) To top it off the steering wheel on the power steering is smaller >>diameter. The power-steering ones had faster steering (fewer turns lock-to-lock). I think you can fit the power much more easily if you leave the steering ratio alone and simply make it a powered version of the manual-steering setup. david
-- David Beierl - Providence, RI http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage" '85 GL "Poor Relation" |
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