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BattleBeater
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- Apr 22, 2014
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- Location
- Ann Arbor, MI
- Vehicle Year
- 1998
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Size
- 2.5L
- Transmission
- Automatic
Hey guys,
My 98 Ranger has a steering rack that has sprung a leak, which combined with a dying power steering pump and cracking lines means I'm probably looking to replace the entire system.
As a point of idle curiosity before buying all that, has anyone de-powered a Ranger steering rack? It occurred to me that it could be significantly cheaper, simpler, and lighter to ditch the p/s entirely and I'm curious if it's been done. As there doesn't seem to be an available manual rack, the idea would be to do a complete de-power as is commonly done in Mazda RX7s and the like, where a power rack is torn apart, fluid pistons cut out, greased, and reassembled.
I'm not particularly concerned with civility (my driver's seat is a fixed-back bucket, hardly a Cadillac
), but if it'll make the steering too heavy to turn reasonably quickly at speed I'll just order new P/S parts.
My 98 Ranger has a steering rack that has sprung a leak, which combined with a dying power steering pump and cracking lines means I'm probably looking to replace the entire system.
As a point of idle curiosity before buying all that, has anyone de-powered a Ranger steering rack? It occurred to me that it could be significantly cheaper, simpler, and lighter to ditch the p/s entirely and I'm curious if it's been done. As there doesn't seem to be an available manual rack, the idea would be to do a complete de-power as is commonly done in Mazda RX7s and the like, where a power rack is torn apart, fluid pistons cut out, greased, and reassembled.
I'm not particularly concerned with civility (my driver's seat is a fixed-back bucket, hardly a Cadillac
), but if it'll make the steering too heavy to turn reasonably quickly at speed I'll just order new P/S parts.
