perhaps those that found it made the steering heavy, either they disabled the wrong half of the pump (the half that is meant to steer the front) or they connected the hoses up incorrectly so that the front hose was connected to the back of the pump? It would explain it...
i did mine as stated in the tech. left the steering really heavy. even after bleeding the whole system swapped to na gear and its perfect !!
I was curious about the effect of removing the piston. I haven?t pulled one apart but I would think that it could affect the in feed pressure to the pump. I'm guessing the piston helps regulate the output pressure going to the rear rack and by removing it and plumbing directly to the reservoir you are basically increasing the flow of fluid back to the reservoir (maybe even causing turbulence in the resevoir). Since it looks like the rear gets fed first the front end of the pump might starve or struggle to create enough pressure. I?m planning to do mine soon and I?m thinking the best option would be to open and de-vane the rear pump and find some way to block up the outlet on the pump, Im guessing this would allow a good flow into the front pump and still keep the rear shaft lubricated.
No , it means your rear wheels are no longer capable of turning a few degrees. power steering up front isn't affected .
Why not just join the 2 hoses coming out of the solenoid,bin the solenoid,bolt the hicas eliminator on and its done Whitenight did it this way and has reported no problems,im still weighing up what option to use to rid the engine bay of the solenoid
Rad thanks ah okay.. wasnt aware i just assumed the HICAS was directly linked to the PS and if you got rid of that you lost it and i was like wtf who would wanna do that.:bash:. guess you learn something every day thanks man. :biggrin:
De-vaining gets rid of another hose. But I'm really questioning the removal of the presure regulator cuz It doesn't seem logical to me. Not having pulled one apart and just looking at the pictures I would assume that removing the plunger like piece that sits at the end of the spring would increase the pressure rather than reduce it.
I have recently done this mod and have no ill effects to report. The steering feels normal (even with an underdriven crank pulley) and all of the associated garbage has been removed from the engine bay. I would have liked to put in the N/A gear but couldnt find it at the time.
