

| Subject: | Re: electric or hydraulic power steering |
| From: | Tom C |
| Date: | Sat, 19 Mar 2022 11:57:08 -0400 |
Thanks Dennis, are these the lines you are talking about? https://www.busdepot.com/251498100 On Sat, Mar 19, 2022 at 12:27 AM Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote: > The hose kit from Bus Depot has the fittings for the Rack. For the shaft > from the relay (angle box) to the rack that can be shortened, ( cut and > weld) to work. > > > > Dennis > > > > > > *From:* Tom C <thomas.casal@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Friday, March 18, 2022 11:02 PM > *To:* Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> > *Cc:* vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > *Subject:* Re: electric or hydraulic power steering > > > > Sorry got the full > > List on gowesty gonna see if I can source this stuff. Thanks > > > > On Fri, Mar 18, 2022 at 10:59 PM Tom C <thomas.casal@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks Dennis, > > > > Just checked vancafe and they had this to say: Please keep the fittings > from your old rack where the power steering lines join with the new rack. > any listers have these? > > > > On Fri, Mar 18, 2022 at 9:38 PM Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> > wrote: > > If you locate all the bits the VW power steering is a bolt on affair. > Using the hose kit instead of the original hard lines makes it easy. > > Dennis > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> On Behalf Of Tom C > Sent: Friday, March 18, 2022 3:28 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: electric or hydraulic power steering > > Oh yea I've searched them all their are actually manufacturers producing > them now. I guess really I'm asking how big of a PIA is installing regular > hydraulic power steering? > > On Fri, Mar 18, 2022 at 3:02 PM Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@yahoo.com> > wrote: > > > Samba has threads on electric, but from which vehicle I do not remember. > > Saturn, maybe? Worth a search over there. > > > > Stephen > > > > Mobile > > > > > On Mar 18, 2022, at 3:00 PM, Tom C <thomas.casal@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Hey Guys, > > > > > > I currently have an 84 westy and I'm kinda feeling like getting some > > power > > > steering. Been researching the electrical steering kits, seems like > > > the downside is I'd lose the collapsibility of the steering column > > > in the > > event > > > of a head on collision, and the plastic shroud around the column has > > > to > > get > > > sliced and diced to fit everything up in there. I do have the bmw > > > booster not sure if that would have an effect? What's the downside > > > of grabbing a power steering rack and running lines to the usual > > > power steering pump > > spot > > > in the back? I'm about to install new bushing on the rack anyway and > > > the steering stiffner. I have all new bushings except steering and > > > I'm hoping it gets rid of the vibration in the steering wheel I get > > > at highway > > speeds. > > > I'd prefer not to slice and dice the plastic covers up front but if > > > electric is better I would. Thanks for your thoughts. tom > > > > > >
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