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Re: power steering pro's/con's Mon, 09 August 2004 03:56 Go to previous message
It's mostly in the rack itself, but the length of the steering arms will also have an influence - the shorter the better of course. Other little things can make a difference too, eg the way the rack is mounted to the crossmember (a more solid connection means more accurate steering with sharper feedback), and of course plain old steering geometry (caster, scrub radius etc).

The P/S pump has little to do with it; its job is simply to provide high-pressure hydraulic fluid, and this pressure is regulated by the internal mechanisms of the steering rack which I won't even pretend to understand. Smile
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