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is ther any major dramas in rear mounting a vb-vk power steering rack compared to a manual rack |
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Yes, there are !!
When a rack is rear mounted in an EH (or any early Holden) it has to be shortened considerably, otherwise the geometry will be way out, bump-steer especially.
Shortening a manual rack is fairly straightforward, but shortening a power rack is a seriously complicated & expensive job. It would reduce the steering lock markedly also.
I've seen it attempted several times, never successfully.
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There are other options.
I have seen a couple EH's with Toyota Cressida MX62 power steering boxes fitted. A couple thousand dollars of engineering and it can be done.
I have seen a few Hot Rods with MG/ Rover Electric column power assist and again it would be a couple thousand dollars of custom engineering. It could be fitted to the column and the shortened Commodore manual rack fitted. |
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thanks guys not what i wanted to hear though!!!!!!!!! |
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There is the option of using an original EH power steering setup but not much feel and very light. But again pricey. |
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are there any other options to put power steer in an eh?
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There are, but it's expensive & in many cases don't work as well as what you have now. Save your $$$ for other more important parts of your 'restoration'.
Keep your steering box & linkage & just get it refurbished where necessary.
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In seeing thousands of EH's, I have only seen power steering in a couple dozen, and the cost is always thousands of dollars. |
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