steering rack question

Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 9:47 pm

okey kokey as most know i have a 85 "2tone 90q" what i want to know is, is the power steering rack on my car interchangable to a non powersteering rack? i believe some of the 80's came without powersteering but not sure how true this is? Embarassed

really hope i can get rid of the the damn powersteering as mine has never been right and i have lost all confidence in driving the car hard as the steering feel is awefull Crying or Very sad

Camped on the site Joined: Mar 01, 2007 Posts: 203

all the 80's were non-PAS, the 90 and coupe were all PAS

if you can find one, then the racks are interchangable, but they're not easy to get at by a long way!

Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 8:35 pm

Sorry....... I have a 1985 80 Sport sitting in my garage --- with power steering. It was a £400 factory option but it does seem to be very rare !!

You do confirm my understanding tho' that all the Coupes had power steering even the 4 cylinder ones.

Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 8:46 pm

Sorry....... I have a 1985 80 Sport sitting in my garage --- with power steering. It was a £400 factory option but it does seem to be very rare !!

You do confirm my understanding tho' that all the Coupes had power steering even the 4 cylinder ones.

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Both of mine have had PAS. Only the current one dumps all of the fluid at random times though...

Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 1:42 pm

messy

I keep meaning to change the fluid in mine, after all it's been there for 23 years Shocked

On the list of jobs to do.

Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 5:51 pm

thats what mine does as well ive changed fluid and put a new belt on only thing left to change is pump and to be honest id rather have the manual steering if possible as i plan on playing on track a bit next year Razz

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[quote="kingfisher]You do confirm my understanding tho' that all the Coupes had power steering even the 4 cylinder ones.[/quote]

Yeah, I've had 3 5cyl Coupe's and a 4cyl coupe... all have had PAS

the 5cyl 90's would also have PAS Smile

happy hunting fella

Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 5:55 pm

hmm not having much luck tracking a non ps rack does anyone have any info of an audi breaker that does the early stuff? cheers

Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 6:12 pm

You could try these people:
http://www.gwbridges.co.uk/index.html
They deliver as well....

Newbie Joined: Feb 05, 2008 Posts: 6

Try widening your search to the VW Passat type 32b?
Same floorpan & running gear as the coupe
Was the low rent brand so didn't come with lots of goodies

Got a full p/s set on the shelf - rack, pump, hoses, reservoir

Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 8:23 pm

time to drag this back up Laughing

anyone able to pull up part numbers for the manual steering rack from the 80's? gonna try the local motor factors also if anyone has a diagram of it just want to check what it looks like Very Happy

many thanks Wink

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812 419 063 F for a rhd non assisted rack

Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 11:02 pm

Gompa,pm sent mate. Smile

Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 7:41 pm

Having owned a 4 cylinder 80 quattro for 16 months and back to back with the Sport with p/s I cannot imagine why you would wish to drive a non assisted heavier 5 cylinder 90......... Shock

However the 5 cylinder VW Santanas from the mid 1980s had p/s....... mind they are really rare !

Things we do with these old Audis..... I love Overhauling and Wrecks to Riches...... and they just order bits from the local parts store .... for cars that are 40 +years old Mad

Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 8:50 pm

How great would it be Kingfisher to have all those facilities at hand eh mate.I to am a big fan of those 2 programs.As you say,the parts availability is just un-real.Mind you,i suppose its just like the MGB stuff is here,you can still get anything for those cars,and how old are they now.

Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 10:18 pm

Indeed, and Sprites/Midgets, Jag Mark2 and E type ( at a price !! )
we can but dream.............

Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 11:08 pm

the steering feel im getting is awefull there is no feeling as to what the car is doing other than when it goes light, im not and never have been a fan of power steering really other than these new speed sensative units but like anything the more time to develop the better something gets Smile

the car will not really be a daily driver anyway and the pump and ps rack are about finished anyway so thought might as well do a manual rack instead Very Happy

and i wont need to go to the gym (i dont anyway as im too lazy Laughing

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Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 11:29 am

I must admit I didn't notice toooo much once rolling along but multi storey car parks etc ... definately need the gym training Laughing

Manual racks are often a bit lower geared as well.