Steering Assist - not quite LR

During stardate Wed, 12 Oct 2005 18:25:22 +0100, "mutley" uttered the imortal words:

I researched power steering rams a while ago. Never got anywhere with it but did manage to identify that a number of tractors have these as standard kit... and if it'll work on a tractor then no reason why it won't work on a 101.

One of our group members fitted a Chris perfect kit on a 109 but was unimpressed with the end result.

Lee D

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'76 101 Camper '64 88" IIa V8 Auto '97 Disco ES Auto LPG'd '01 Laguna

During stardate Wed, 12 Oct 2005 17:03:13 GMT, Alex uttered the imortal words:

I'd be wary of the travel of the unit. The 101 has a cracking lock on it and the ram may well be short in the travel.

Lee D

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'76 101 Camper '64 88" IIa V8 Auto '97 Disco ES Auto LPG'd '01 Laguna

During stardate Wed, 12 Oct 2005 18:12:13 +0100, Lee_D uttered the imortal words:

Here is a useful article..

Lee D

-- Success is going from failure to failure without a loss of enthusiam. Winston Churchill

'76 101 Camper '64 88" IIa V8 Auto '97 Disco ES Auto LPG'd '01 Laguna

Any thoughts about converting a Forward-Control to power steering? I have come across a company which do 'Steering Assist' for Ford pick-ups (Rodley Motors, it's a powered track rod) and wonder if this is adaptable to other vehicles, especially a forward-control.

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Obviously this depends upon which flavour of 'forward control', but I thought about it for my 101 some (many) years ago and abandoned the idea in favour of a complete PAS conversion instead.

Agreed, but the IIa/IIb FC uses the same steering setup as a standard series, so will be correct.

Problems with the travel on the 101 lock could probably be corrected by re-arranging the geometry of the ram layout and trackrod, something that would be a necessity anyway, as the mounting point will be incorrect to start with.

Alex

During stardate Wed, 12 Oct 2005 22:21:25 GMT, Alex uttered the imortal words:

yup

Possible , I was thinking along the lines of the ram travel in either direction possibly not being enough to meet the extra travel the 101 has (I believe) over the series.. maybe just perception but definately better than the 88".

If that was the case then I'm sure a ram with a longer travel could be sourced.

Sadly this is way down my wish list at the mo.

Lee D

-- Success is going from failure to failure without a loss of enthusiam. Winston Churchill

'76 101 Camper '64 88" IIa V8 Auto '97 Disco ES Auto LPG'd '01 Laguna