Collin and Tim came up in their Mav Tuesday. Jeff came down from Atl.in his. we had pulled a manual drag link and pitman arm from a '70 a few weeks back for this swap. we put Collins Mav. on my lift and pulled the power steering stuff off from under the car. then bolted on the manual link/pitman arm and then lowered the lift. from the top side we removed the power steering pump and hoses. swapped out the waterpump pulley and put a belt that Tim had bought for a...nonpower steering '73 Mav... the belt fit perfect... no frontend alignment needed... went to lunch...:Handshake ...thanks Tim... Jeff, Tim and Collin went home, I took a nap... ...you know it... "A Large Time Was Had By All"
Curious. I thought I read somewhere that the gear ratios are different in the steering box ps to manual setups..
So wish I lived closer... so you could help me break my maverick some more Need a reason to put a bigger engine in sooner and transmission swap.. who needs a gas friendly daily driver
Gene, I have a power box with manual steering in my car. The manual ratio is 12:1, the power is 16:1. The only difference is the turning circle is a bit smaller, and the wheel a bit harder to turn at slow or no speed, and I couldn't even tell the difference on that. What I did like is that the steering is a bit more responsive at speed. Hope that helps.
Power steering has 16:1 gear ratio...4 turns lock to lock Manual is 22:1...5-1/2 turns lock to lock I think Earl fat fingered the 2 and hit 1 instead
Ok.. These #s make sense to me.. Brings me to wonder which box I have cause my first Comet had ps and the GT has manual. I remember swapping or changing the link but not why or which vehicle..
if you have a 14" or bigger steering wheel, there isn't much difference... a lot of the floating in the steering is gone...
