power steering

[harley munky]

im sure this has already been asked at some point so forgive me.

how do i go about fitting power steering to my 1275 auto clubman? wheres the best place to go ect? is it a corsa system thats used?

thanks in advance

tony

[Ben Magoo]

When I looked at fitting PS to my Allegro Estate the best/easiest I found was the Vauxhall powered column as fitted to corsa's with it's simple design and control boxes available on eBay.

Rover/MG use a similar design on the MGF that is variable depending on road speed and engine speed although I couldn't find anyone who could confirm the viability of making this unit work properly?

[harley munky]

is this what i need? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VAUXHALL-CORSA-C-COMBO-E...

what needs to be done to fit it?

cheers tony

[DanGT]

There are a number of options but dont forget that the hard part is the setup. You will need to change the help you get from the motor or pump as the speed changes. Mini Spares were looking to make a set up many years ago 10? and even hade a set up on a car but I dont know if it was finished. I think there are programble units avalible but dont know much about them.

[annodomini2]

You will need to reinforce where the drive motor mounts, they are heavily geared and can easily generate enough force to tear the wheel from your hands.

They had real problems with the prototypes shearing their mounts.

It's not impossible just be aware it's not a simple bolt in job.

[harley munky]

ok guys thanks for your input. iv spoken to geoff at watson engineering (where iv ordered my k series kit) and he said they do a system with the kseries that works well so i think il get the kit bolted in and running and sort powersteering after