Transit Power Steering Rack

[Bedfordcrazy]

Hey dano, we have not driven mine yet, but my mechanic has said thet there will be almost zero difference from stock, and something called bump steer, he told me there will be no problems, steering will work as normal. As for the pump, we spoke to the guy at TBS, and have been told the VP pump will work fine, so we are using the one from the donor car.

george.

[Bedfordcrazy]

 Hey Guys, here is the info dano ask for:

TBS
BRAKE & STEERING MANNUFACTURING
18 SMITH ST
CAPALBA QLD
Phn 3390 2622
These guys actually machined up my new tie rods from raw steel, they also sorted my rotors so i could have HQ pattern all round. I have never spoken or been there, my mechanic has a trade account with them, so he spoke to the right people there. Hope this helps.

george.

[Warren]

Hey george

Youve got a great rack - bet you havent heard that in a while 

Thanks for posting the info, its got me thinkin 

Warren

[Hippo]

Thanks George,

The man who does the work at TBS is John and the workshop number is 07 36206555 the other number is the office.
I talked with John this morning and he uses a late model stock 16mm dia.rack end and cuts it down to length and re-threads
for Beddy tie rod end costs $209 pr including GST but not postage.He can supply Beddy tie rod ens for $65 ea. Pn TE476R.
Apparently you don't need a L and a R just two R's. RRR (attempt at humour)

Dennis

[Bedfordcrazy]

Good one dennis, yeh my mechanic has all that info, so i may get it all when the van is done. He is doing up a workshop manual for me when the van is done, and it will have all that info in it so i can buy parts over the counter in the future. Everything on my van is late model and readily available, so no more trips to the wreckers.

george.

[Hippo]

I just aquired a 325 BMW and noticed that the power steering rack is in front of the cross member soooooo
maybe these are worthy of further investigation. Has anyone tried one?

Dennis

[Dano]

thanks sooo much George/Rogue  for the post GREAT info....
Dano

[Rogue Trooper]

Plenty more to come yet. The diff is being fitted first on mine and then we move onto the rack so I'll take plenty of pics as we go as well as anything else I find along the way.

[ben]

I just aquired a 325 BMW and noticed that the power steering rack is in front of the cross member soooooo
maybe these are worthy of further investigation. Has anyone tried one?

transit sounds like a cheaer option. to start with and replacement parts in the future..


george one question roughly how much would have all the parts set you back?

cheers
ben

[Hippo]

Ben,
Got quoted $275 for 98 Transit one and $100 for BMW one at my local BMW garage, they have lots of cars there and do some wrecking.
Don't know if the BM one is wide enough tho it's around 600mm between the swivel bits, anyone measured the Beddy one??
Dennis