Re: Steering racks

["jonas miller" <sjmill@erols.com>]

just togive you guys a heads up teh manual rack has a wider urnign radius
tehn the power rack but the quaife quick rack (if you can find one has the
same ratio as a power rack but is made for teh manual rack...
jonas


----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Peele <type53@yahoo.com>
To: Wm. Josiah Erikson <scirocco@absomotherfuckinlutely.com>; Eric L Ellis
<elf16v@juno.com>
Cc: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2000 2:02 PM
Subject: Steering racks


> Yes, the PS racks turn quicker (less steering wheel
> turning) - I believe this is the main reason the
> racers like it.
>
> I'm not sure that the PS racks are tighter though (no
> difference in my experience).
>
> PS racks without the pump are many times more
> difficult to steer than a manual rack. I think it's a
> bad idea.
>
> I have seen manual racks FS with quicker ratios than
> U.S. stock  - anyone know if this is a VW Motorsport
> type thing or a custom job?
>
> Mark
> --- "Wm. Josiah Erikson"
> <scirocco@absomotherfuckinlutely.com> wrote:
> > You'll actually find that the power steering racks
> > are quicker and tighter
> > - I think I want one for my Rabbit, but I just won't
> > install the pump - is
> > this a bad idea?
> > -Josiah (who thinks that his steering is too
> > low-ratio)
> >
> > '84 GTi
> > http://bork.hampshire.edu/josiah
> >
> > On Tue, 1 Aug 2000, Eric L Ellis wrote:
> >
> > > The oddest thing happened today. I left my house
> > and went to the bank.
> > > I'm just drivin' down the road, minding my own
> > business when suddenly I
> > > hear a metallic sound. I slow down because I have
> > had one of my center
> > > nut caps (TSW Hock R's) come off at speed and lost
> > in the bushes. I look
> > > in my mirror to see a large dark colored ring
> > following me. Much too
> > > large to be a center cap, I pull over as soon as
> > there's a clearing. I
> > > get out to find that I don't see the ring anymore
> > so I pop my hood. It
> > > jumps out at me instantly, my power steering belt
> > is gone...but that's
> > > not all The belt, I determine, was the strange
> > ring that was following me
> > > but what made that clanging sound? HALF of my
> > power steering pump pulley
> > > was gone too. The 3 bolts were still there but the
> > outer half of the
> > > pulley was nowhere to be found.
> > >
> > > I like this much better! I have even more of a
> > feel for the road and
> > > don't think I'll fix the "problem" EVER. I can't
> > wait to get my hands on
> > > a non power steering column for the project car so
> > i can finish that up.
> > > (yes I have the manual rack and the steering
> > knuckle)
> > >
> > > Eric
> > > Good, bad...I'm the guy with the gun.
> > >
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