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Subject:Retrofitting power steering-is it worth it?
From:Garrick Chang
Date:Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:22:35 -0800

I recently bought a donor vangon(84 wolfsburg weekender with blown motor) and
was thinking of swapping the power steering into my 84 Westy.

Couple questions.  Is the PS much nicer to drive? I now have nearly new MXT
reinforced tires(from the wolfsburg) and steering effort is much easier now
but still can't drive with one hand.

How hard is the retrofit?  I see in Bentley that the steering knuckles are
different for PS fitted vanagons so it looks as though I'd need to change
these over too.  Looks like a full weekend project. Any thoughts, advice or
experience would be much appreciated.

Garrick Chang
84 Westy
Davis, CA

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