>Manual steering is FAR easier than power steering with the belt removed. >It's not just that the manual steering setup has a bigger steering wheel. >The steering geometry is different also. If you add a power steering rack >and pump to a vanagon with a front end set up for manual, it will seem even >easier to steer than a factory power steering setup as the manual system >requires more turns of the steering wheel ... lock to lock. That's true, the gear ratio in the mechanism is indeed different, so it's only FUNCTIONALLY identical to factory manual steering. John Bange '90 Vanagon "Geldsauger" |
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