I'm reading this thread thinking that I actually prefer my 87 Westy
Weekender that does NOT have power steering over my 85 Westy that does.

I like "feel" of manual steering AND I like the holding the larger wheel;
it's kinda like driving my ol' '70 bus. I added a "Wheelskins" a couple of
weeks ago and wow!

Another plus of the 87's larger wheel is that I can see the speedo without
tilting my head every few minutes to look under the top of the wheel as I am
forced to do in my 85 Westy.  This is also because the 85 Westy's seat
swivel thickness raises the seating position and my 87 does not have seat
swivels.

Then there's the additional working room in the engine compartment (no pump,
no reservoir, hose and pipes), one less belt to deal with and carry in my
"spares", perhaps a little more HP for the wheels, and one less potential
fluid to leak.

Lots of reason to live without power steering.

Andrew
Bainbridge Island WA

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 8:32 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Power Steering

I can give you that anytime Roger,
it's quite straightforward, pretty much.

biggest variable is if you use PS uprights/spindles or non-PS ones.
to do it 100 % right you would want the PS uprights , though you can get by
keeping non-PS ones.

the 'ideal' is to use PS uprights with cast  lower control arms ..
which you will find commonly on 85 1/2 and later vanagons with PS.

the rest of it is just the pump and brackets, the res, the pipes, the PS
rack, the shaft that goes from 'V' steeing box ( my term ) to the PS rack
..and the smaller PS steering wheel is nice too.

Scott
www.turbovans.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger Whittaker" <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 7:57 PM
Subject: Re: Power Steering

> love to see pics of this as you do it
> each stage of install
> and a comprehensive list of parts used
>
> On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 5:04 PM, Jamie Fitterer
> <fittdog8848@hotmail.com>wrote:
>
>> My 84 Westy does not have pwoer steering.  I was entertaining the idea of
>> adding it to the vehicle but thought I would get some feedback from those
>> on
>> the list.
>
>
>
>
> --
> roger w
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