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Better steering rack?
I drove the 85 for a couple years with the pump disconnected. It was
a little bit of a pain with 205's, but it caused the rack to fail
eventually. When I sold it, it actually had a PS rack out of a Cabrio
or Jetta I think. There was something that had to be changed on the
mounting and then the arms had to be swapped because the other ones
were too long.
On 9/29/06, Nate Mellom <doubt@inwave.com> wrote:
> I prefer the feel of manual steering, VW power steering is way
> overboosted for my taste. It's nice on my Quantum, since it's not a
> sports car, and my wife drives it occasionally, but I'm planning on
> going manual on my 16v, for the feel, and to get rid of some weight up
> front. I'm canning my A/C, too.
>
> Nate
>
>
> LEF wrote:
> > How about just fixing the PS that you have??
> >
> > larry
> > sandiego16v
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > *From:* Nate Mellom <mailto:doubt@inwave.com>
> > *Cc:* scirocco-l@scirocco.org <mailto:scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> > *Sent:* Thursday, September 28, 2006 7:04 PM
> > *Subject:* Re: Better steering rack?
> >
> > When I got my '88 a year ago, the steering was't power assisted, so I
> > figured I didn't have power steering, but the steering just didn't
> > quite
> > feel right. The non-power on my '81 was much lighter (at rest, and
> > while
> > driving), and the 16v just felt 'off'. I did some more looking, and
> > sure enough, I DO have power steering, it just doesn't work. There are
> > no leaks, and the reservior is full of fluid. I haven't diagnosed
> > anything yet, I'm assuming it's the pump, but I don't like it. It's
> > very heavy, and it just lacks the feel of my '81, and for that matter,
> > the power steering in my Quantum. I plan on ditching the power rack
> > and
> > swapping in a manual rack.
> > Nate
> >
>
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