Bypassing Power Steering
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Racer
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From: Paducah KY
Bypassing Power Steering
I'm tired of chasing leaks from my power steering system. Im mainly just drag racing the car so not worried about it being hard to turn or anything like that. Does anyone make a replacement dead pulley to go where the pump used to be or do I just reroute the belt. And are the lines that go in/out of the rack the same size to where I can just bend and cut and reflare to plug it? Just want this problem gone before the track this weekend and dont have 1k to spend on a manual rack. THANKS!
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St. Jude Donor '09-'10-'11
For dyno testing of a engine we have power steering pumps that we take apart and remove the vanes, put it back together and plug the inlet and outlet. Put ps fluid in it to the normal level and it is now a idler pulley. I'm not sure about the rack, but I would expect you could just make a hose loop to the in and out hose connections. 
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For dyno testing of a engine we have power steering pumps that we take apart and remove the vanes, put it back together and plug the inlet and outlet. Put ps fluid in it to the normal level and it is now a idler pulley. I'm not sure about the rack, but I would expect you could just make a hose loop to the in and out hose connections.
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St. Jude Donor '09-'10-'11
This is an engine dyno test not chassis dyno. It allows the other accessories to rotate without the need of the complete steering system. The power steering takes a minimum amount of power without a turn input.
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St. Jude Donor '09-'10-'11
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Racer
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From: Paducah KY
I just want to do away with the power steering.. I could take a couple of hours and replace all the O-rings no problem. None of our race cars run power steering and I am going to be taking it off eventually anyways. I figured Id pull it off and sell the components to try to fund me some more tires anyways.
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