power steering removal
06-02-2006, 10:31 PM
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ok so now my car is beeping at me whenever I turn it on, drive it, etc. It goes "beep beep beep" and continues doing it the whole time it's on. I've tried disconnecting the battery to reset the car, but that didn't work. WTF?
06-02-2006, 10:32 PM
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Originally Posted by wankelTII' post='822294' date='Jun 2 2006, 07:16 PM
when you fill it, jack the front of the car up enough to take most of the weight off of the tires and leave the reservoir cap off. Turn the wheel back and forth, lock to lock, have someone watch the fluid and keep doing it until all the bubbles are out of the system and dont let the fluid level get too low. Be careful and do this slow at first, make sure it isnt going to send fluid everywhere.
I dont have pics and i cant really get any because i dont have that particular car anymore, but i am looking for another one now and that will be one of my first mods, so i will post pics when i can. It seemed fairly easy to steer to me, but i cant really say how it compares to a manual rack, i have driven both, but never in a small enough time frame to make any real comparison.
And did you just cut a hole in the cap for the T fitting?
06-03-2006, 04:43 PM
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there's a write-up in the FAQ section.
basically once you remove the pump and ****, remove the lines leave everything open. turn the wheel lock to lock then re-center this. this will remove some fluid from the rack, now put bolts in where' the lines used to go ((2)m14x1.5 i think and (1)m12x1.5 i could be wrong, check the FAQ in here)
by removing the little extra bit of fluid but not all of it it allows the fluid inside the rack to move enough to lubricate, and it's not too hard to turn still.
i loved the feeling of my t2 after the conversion, and its much better looking then looping lines.
kevin.
basically once you remove the pump and ****, remove the lines leave everything open. turn the wheel lock to lock then re-center this. this will remove some fluid from the rack, now put bolts in where' the lines used to go ((2)m14x1.5 i think and (1)m12x1.5 i could be wrong, check the FAQ in here)
by removing the little extra bit of fluid but not all of it it allows the fluid inside the rack to move enough to lubricate, and it's not too hard to turn still.
i loved the feeling of my t2 after the conversion, and its much better looking then looping lines.
kevin.
06-03-2006, 04:45 PM
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Originally Posted by lxk199' post='822302' date='Jun 2 2006, 11:31 PM
ok so now my car is beeping at me whenever I turn it on, drive it, etc. It goes "beep beep beep" and continues doing it the whole time it's on. I've tried disconnecting the battery to reset the car, but that didn't work. WTF?
that's your Powersteering computer. best bet is to remove it, it's under the dash, driver's side. either that or pull the fuse. mine never beeped at me so maybe its something thats addressed in the FAQ, havent done it in almost 3 years now so i dont remember 100%.
definitely look at the faq, Freestylefc3s wrote it up.
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06-03-2006, 08:14 PM
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i'll pull the fuse tomorrow morning. I took a power steering reservoir from an S5 and "modified" it a bit for my PS fluid, but if I don't like how that works/feels, I'll remove the lines altogether like mentioned above. I have the reservoir in a temp spot right now, on the battery tray. If I decie to keep it, I'll move it.
06-03-2006, 10:08 PM
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OK, I didn't really like the reservoir, so I went with you idea, teknics. I turned it lock to lock both ways to clear out some room, and just put the factory fittings back in with about 3" of line connecting them, because I couldn't find those size bolts tonight, but it still looks good because the line is so short. The feel is already much improved, as I can turn the wheel relatively easily with the car stopped. Thanks for the advice.
06-03-2006, 10:46 PM
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i guess it works that way, but you are actually compressing air when you plug the lines, if you didnt get most of the fuid out it would be really hard to turn because the fluid would have to slip past the seal to get from one side of the rack to the other.
If you use a loop and reservoir, you have to have the tee into the bottom of the reservoir. The reservoir needs to be above everything so the bubbles go up and out. I will do a wright up of my own at some point.
If you use a loop and reservoir, you have to have the tee into the bottom of the reservoir. The reservoir needs to be above everything so the bubbles go up and out. I will do a wright up of my own at some point.
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