My Wheeler

[Old Growth]

Looking good!

[Rix86]

Pump in, working and quiet.
And I can see out of it

[Rix86]

Gotta wait for friends to send me pics. I haven't really gotten any yet.
The new power steering pump took a shit.
Didn't make for a fun trip back from the rocks

[Old Growth]

I passed ya on 410 in Greenwater today. I was wondering how it went?

[Rix86]

Went really good until the ps pump went.

[Selador]

Went really good until the ps pump went.

Do you think it was just a lemon pump, or some other problem?

[Rix86]

Possible that pump doesn't have the volume to support the steering box and the assist ram but I won't really know until I try another one.

[Selador]

Possible that pump doesn't have the volume to support the steering box and the assist ram but I won't really know until I try another one.

Good observation.

Could be possible the pump would actually be adequate if it had a smaller pulley.

But it's more logical to just put a larger pump on, instead of farting around with pulley and belt sizes only to find the pump never would have adequate capacity.

Well, unless you have a smaller pulley laying around. Then it's a free experiment. LOL

And I'm betting that you've already thought of all that.

[Rix86]

I'm going to run the next one for a bit on easy stuff, then modify it for better volume and see what happens.

[Rix86]

Found some stuff online that should cure my steering issue for about 400 bucks. Not bad.

Cheese pics




The silver rig is another one I built/helped build
That one's a 7mge sura motor rebuilt properly when shaved head and block, metal head gasket, 75 lbs on the bolts, etc.

[Rix86]

So... Update



Seems my ps issue wasn't the pump. I put the high volume/pressure pump in it, longer belt, filter etc.... Still no assist.
I was a little unsure at the time, it felt funny. Not low assist funny, but.....notchy. Weird.
Well.....

So. Many years ago I had gotten a trail gear ported pump for ram assist. Well the second trip out it started leaking like a seive. I replaced it with a used box and forgot about it. Well.... Enter bad box.
So I'll take this leaker apart and put seals in it right?
Clean it up a little, take the sector shaft out....

SONOFABITCH

[Rix86]

So after replacing the box.... Still no assist.
So I removed the ram.....



So I put a new trail gear ram on it. New bracket on the steering arm. Etc. So now it's got assist.
Then I blew the rear end. Oops.


So the guy I got the rig from still had the welded Tacoma diff so I stuck that in.

I'm on the hunt for a Dana 60 now but trying to get the people I'm interested in buying stuff from to reply to me is proving difficult.

[Arisaka]

Jesus Rix you are really throwing money at that thing. Is that just part of the sport?

[Rix86]

Well he gave me the other rear end.
But yes.... It's not cheap. Just about anything that involves beating the hell out of a vehicle is going to get spendy.

[dreadi]

I’m a Dana 39. I can be had for 21 less than a Dana 60.