POWER STEERING

BILLY BLACKARROW · Post by **BILLY BLACKARROW** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 10:04 pm

Has anyone put power steering on h.r. front end or know if it can be done.
BILLY

(AUST)Mod · Post by **(AUST)Mod** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 2:46 am

Could get it from factory

ben · Post by **ben** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 5:36 pm

Your right Andrew but they seem pritty rare as i have been looking for a while. You can buy the rebuild kit for them easy enough should you find one. Another option you could look into is a electric system which some of the front wheel cars use. I heard of a holden barina system that has been grafted to a rx7 steering colume under the dash.

This sort of system might work
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/mazda-2-ts2-elec ... 240%3A1318

yeprat1 · Post by **yeprat1** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 7:53 pm

i got told the cortina powersteer rack is a very close fit , but dont know how correct that info is

Post by **Blacky** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 8:57 am

I have just bought a Cortina power steering setup , will measure it when it turns up.

BILLY BLACKARROW · Post by **BILLY BLACKARROW** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:45 pm

Blacky
how did you go with the cortina power rack
BILLY

Post by **Blacky** » Mon May 04, 2009 10:10 am

It turned up on friday , havent unpacked it yet , I have a HR front at home, when I get a chance I will set it up and post some pics.

Post by **Blacky** » Mon May 04, 2009 10:22 pm

Sat the rack on the front of a CRS front end that is lying under a tree where it belongs

and the Corty rack is almost exactly the same length as the narrowed Torana one so it looks promising. The steering shaft runs directly into the 6 cyl engine mount however so it may be necessary to run an engine plate or something .
I would take a photo but I cant find the !#$%%&*) camera

BILLY BLACKARROW · Post by **BILLY BLACKARROW** » Wed May 06, 2009 4:37 pm

Blacky
LOOK HARDER FOR CAMERA thank's for your help so far
BILLY

EK JAY · Post by **EK JAY** » Tue Jan 05, 2010 8:31 pm

Bump

mrs ratbox · Post by **mrs ratbox** » Tue Jan 05, 2010 9:31 pm

they used to put the cortina rack on LH/LX/UC as a power steer conversion and people use torana racks on HR fronts so i can't see why it wouldn't work
BUT i'm pretty sure the commodore rear mount rack conversions can be had in normal or power steer

Post by **Blacky** » Wed Jan 06, 2010 1:02 am

You need to narrow a Commodonor rack so that limits it to manual steer ones

Havent done a thing with the power rack - dont need to set one up and I have enough on my plate trying to get my ute ready for the nats , finish house renos and get my Chev sorted etc etc etc .
One day ...........................

(AUST)Mod · Post by **(AUST)Mod** » Wed Jan 06, 2010 1:22 am

The rack and pinion steering in our EK was so light that my sister had no problem steering it in confined spaces. You fellas shouldn't need power assisted racks, manual is easy enough!

FB MAD · Post by **FB MAD** » Wed Jan 06, 2010 7:34 am

Just yesterday had me head under an EK that a mate in a local town has and it has a rear mount commodore power steering on a modifed HR front end ( V6 commodore ) and is registered and on road.

mrs ratbox · Post by **mrs ratbox** » Wed Jan 06, 2010 8:47 am

FB MAD wrote:Just yesterday had me head under an EK that a mate in a local town has and it has a rear mount commodore power steering on a modifed HR front end ( V6 commodore ) and is registered and on road.

was going to say i was 99% sure you could get the shortened rear mount commodore rack in normal or power steer

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