I took out my power steering. All what was left was two lines so i looped them. Where and how do you get rid of the computer for it?

 

You can't just convert a powersteering rack to manual. The internals are slightly different and won't stand up to it.



Mark

 

ps computer is right by the left front dash speaker, just take it out

 

ok cool. When you say it won't stand up to it, what do you mean. Will it just suddenly break becuase there seems to be a lot of people who have taken out their power steering and i have not heard any of them say anything.

 

The pinion on a powered rack has 2 seperate halves joined with some form of torque sensing part which is usually flexible to cut down on the pump hunting back and forward for small inputs. This is the bit that would stress and fail - you could possibly sort it by getting a manual rack pinion if it's compatible or by welding the 2 halves together.



Mark

 

[quote name='NoeVuh' date='Jun 18 2005, 02:58 PM']I took out my power steering. All what was left was two lines so i looped them. Where and how do you get rid of the computer for it?


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OMG Why? I bought a perfect replacement for my broken pump for $9 on ebay

 

does anyone know of manual steering racks for other cars that are compatable for and S5

 

The S5 NA's RPM sensing PS sucks even when it's working.

The S4's and all the turbos have the speed sensing arrangement that's worth fixing.



Using the PS rack wthout the pump is not normally a safety issue.

The servo has a hard stop.

The only issue is keeping the internals clean & lubed by looping the lines and not just leaving them open.