Despite the best efforts of our very own Mr Beamends, my plan for fitting of PAS this weekend has hit a snag. We have all the bits except the two groove pulley for the end of the crank shaft.
How driveable is a 90 fitted with a PAS box but with no hydraulic pressure? Can I fit all the bits and wait for the pulley to arrive, and still expect to be able to point the beast around corners or is this a Bad Idea (TM)?
ThanksNick.
Bad idea (TM) as non-powered PAS is significantly heavier and more vague than the Armstrong steering it currently has.
To reinforce what EMB says, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! It will be undriveable and possibly lethal. Don't attempt it, steering will be way way heavier than normal.
Sean
73FL74 101GS 1984 110 2.5NA (with power steeing kit sitting in back for 18 months, will fit it one day!) Medway Military Vehicle GroupOn Fri, 18 Nov 2005 22:40:34 +0000, snipped-for-privacy@hotmail.com wrote (in article ):
OK, I got the message and I'll heed it.
Thanks
Nick.
On or around 18 Nov 2005 14:40:34 -0800, snipped-for-privacy@hotmail.com enlightened us thusly:
sorry, but bollocks.
It's hard work, but it's doable, it's not "undriveable". I've driven a 110 with defunct PAS - it's *very* heavy and a bastard to park, but it is driveable. Take it easy if you have to drive it, and don't expect to be able to spin the wheel to take sharp corners.
That said, if you haven't yet changed the steering box, you may as well keep the manual one in place.
But if you have changed it, and have to drive the vehicle, it can be done with care.
Usual disclaimers apply, viz. "don't come complaining to me if you drive it into a lamp-post".
Yep have to agree part of the requirement for power steering is that should pressure fail the vehicle must still be driveable
Ha I beat that, a double decker bus from the middle of Sheffield to Hillsbrough I ought to have arms like Schwarzenegger not something I'd try on a regular basis but do-able
the secret is to turn the steering when the vehicle is moving
Ditto
I drove my car with unpowered power steering for a fair while and never had any problems. You only really notice it not being there when youre doing slow speed manouvering (parking!). Cant imagine a 110 is significantly different.
On or around Sun, 20 Nov 2005 18:56:20 +0000, Tom Woods enlightened us thusly:
The 110 did get VERY heavy. Much heavier than the series III for example. But it was still driveable. I spose it might be said that someone of slight stature and small upper-body strength might not be able to drive it.
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