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Old Jul 13, 2008 | 12:59 PM
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powersteering question

On a vehicle that has power steering, if a guy wanted to have manual steering could he just remove the pump, and turn the vehicle manually? Or would he have to convert to rack and pinion? Im just curious, what would happen if it would hurt anything.... don't worry I'm keeping my power steering in my 69 just a random question
 
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Old Jul 13, 2008 | 06:20 PM
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Power steering box without an operating pump can be turned manually, but it will be MUCH harder to turn than a manual box.
 
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Old Jul 13, 2008 | 06:29 PM
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Is that all that you would have to change is the box?
 
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Change the box out, remove the pump or take off the belt, and you may have to get a new shaft for the steering column.
 
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Old Aug 9, 2008 | 12:21 AM
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also you cant have rack and pinion steering on a solid axle vehicle. just to clear that up.
 
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It was actually a random question for my mach 1. But thanks for the input, ram assist would be nice in the bronc tho
 
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Old Sep 22, 2008 | 10:10 PM
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If you run power steering box without the pump on the road and it has fluid circulated through it... that thing is gonna pump out its fluid while you turn and seize up and die. Which if you have the rare bronco box is not what you want to do with that.

Manual steering boxes are packed with grease which allows them to operate on the road.

If you mustang has ram assist PS, you can just remove the ram.
 
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