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Power steering Vs. manual steering?

Discussion in 'VN - VP Holden Commodore (1988 - 1993)' started by cruzncommo, Dec 25, 2007.

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    cruzncommo Banned

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    Thinking about running manual steering in my VN, a VL s2 manual steering rack should bolt right up? correct me if im wrong, also pros/cons of them both. I just dunno what to do =[
     
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    airstrike looked into this but had a few issues, the manual rack has a different input shaft so it doesn't bolt straight up to your excisting steering wheel shaft and he had a lot of trouble tracking down the correct coupling for it. also, doesn't the VL have a different wheel track? you will also either need to find a shorter serpentine belt or fit a idler pulley where the excisting pump is fitted to use your excisting belt
     
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    cheers, im going to run a gilmer drive, so itd be alot easier to just not have power steering.
     
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    Why not just get the power steering pulley for the gilmer drive??????
    Would be a lot cheaper and a lot less hassle.... and you still have power steering...
    Ive done it, if you have any questions feel free to ask
     
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    Any more to this?
     

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