RE: Re: Power Steering for Mk1

[Jonas Karlsson <jkarlsso@metabolex.com>]

Sorry for jumping in late on this thread, but I've got like ZERO time at 
work to check email. 

Anyway, I've thought of this and studied the diagrams in Bentley that 
shows how the power steering works. 
The way it looks to me is that when you turn the wheel, PS fluid pressure 
is diverted to the appropriate side of the rack. The increased pressure 
on that side pushes against a "divider" and so the pressure assists in 
the turning of the wheel.  

This is why when the pump is dead, steering is difficult, you are now 
forcing all that fluid through those tiny lines. 

If the "divider" was removed (i.e. cut out and hacked into tiny pieces) 
and there was no fluid in there, then I don't see why there would be a 
whole bunch of extra work needed to turn the wheels. 

But that was reserved for a future project until I found a used quaife 
rack for a decent price. 

Let me know if you want to try that Randy, I'd be happy to do some 
exploratory surgery on a power steering rack with you. 

HTH
Jonas
85 Scirocco 2.0



John Worden wrote:
>At 12:04 AM 03/06/2000 -0500, Shawn C Meze wrote:
>
>>> can you install it,
>>>plug off the lines, and run it as a manual rack?  Anybody ever 
>try this
>>>before? Just trying to find a way to get a cheaper close ratio 
>rack than
>>>Auto-Tech.
>>
>>
>>You could. Its one hell of a tough time parking the beast. (I 
>ran my GLi
>>without P/S for 2 weeks when I broke the resivour last year.) 
>Ive seen
>>your arms, I dont think you got enough meat to manhandle it 
>without the
>>assist. :)
>>
>>Seriously, until you get the car moving, it really sucks trying 
>to turn
>>the wheel. Why not just install the whole P/S system? I think 
>for Autox,
>>its the best way to go. It doesnt use that much HP to run the 
>system. Not
>>that much that it will hurt performance anyway. 
>>I am rather jaded when it comes to P/S. I intend on installing 
>it in both
>>my street car and my Autoxer. Some people dont like it, I see it 
>as a
>>benefit. 
>>
>>
>Shawn is right.  I don't have my lines hooked up on my '81 yet 
>and cranking
>that wheel around is a bit of work.
>
>
>John Worden
>Wayne, Maine
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