Re: rack and pinion?

[Paul Hamaday <phamaday@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Gary,
 For my son's first car we built him (that's what he
wanted) an 83 Buick Regal T-Type. We yanked the turbo
4 cyl. & swapped in a 455 Stage II motor. To lighten
it up, among other things, we installed a 740 Volvo
power steering rack & pinion. #5003682 is a reman
unit. It cost me $225.00 wholesale. It's very light,
(aluminum) it's power, & steers from behind the
spindle like our cars do. A 740 Volvo is at least as
heavy as our cars so it can handle the strain. It
mounts with two bolts. We had to weld in a bar from
one side to the other to mount it. We cut the ends off
the Buick hoses & the local hydraulic store crimped on
ends to match the rack & we were done. It comes with
the tie rod ends. (although we adapted the Buick ends
to fit) The Volvo ends may fit the mopar, I don't
know, we never compared them. The racks are made for
Volvo by TRW. We used a junkyard Volvo steering shaft
u-joint to mate the rack to the steering column. (new
#1359712 $150.00) 
It shaved over 90 lbs. off the front end! It was done
in 4 hours. 
 You asked!
Hammer


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> Hi all,
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> Here's an interesting question: 
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> "I am looking for information on the possibility of
> putting rack and 
> pinion steering on my 1962 Plymouth without buying
> one of those high 
> dollar complete set-ups."
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> Any thoughts about doing this conversion?
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> Thanks,
> Gary H.
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