Power steering

[50LRO]

Hi

I am looking at power steering options,

Has any one here fitted TDZ power steering?
And is it up to the job?

Thanks
Taz

[fuckwit]

Yes, I've got it on mine. Extremely good for a bolt-on solution. One word of caution, make sure your steering is crack-on, 1" at the rim, factory spec. at 50mph or all you'll have hte same weave you have now, but with the advantage of a pump driving you left and right down the B roads of our 'green and peasant'. You'lll have very light steering, but at speed anythng in your steering not spot-on is accentuated. The ram will find any play and power assist it, so the sort of thing that will scrape an MOT, and the words "They all do that" is no good. A cure for w*nked out steering it isn't... ask me how I know.

I'd galved my chassis and done a ground-up sort out of my non one-ton 109, so fitted mine as an after-thought. Had I had my time again, I think I'd have gone for a RR PAS conversion, but didn't want to hack my chassis about. I should have allowed for that pre-glaving, but hey-ho. As a bolt-on solution the Heystee kit won't be beat. You can fit it in 2-3 hours, likely less. It's pricey, but in terms of tiem and effort fitting your own, not really. All in? Highly recommended.

I have to say, the Heystee stuff is very god, I have the Santana gay disc conversion too.

[fuckwit]

Forgot to say, one otehr advantage - the ram takes the strain off the weak point in any series steering, the box. Your box if you have nice shiny tight one, stays tight. Crack-on steering stays crack-on. This is great. 1" at the rim stays at 1" at the rim. How many series owners can make that claim? This in my mind is the real advantage to thsi kit.

[DasLandRoverMan]

This does help.

Personal preference is still to utilise a defender or P38 PAS box and column. If nothing else there's a couple less ball joints in the line.

[fuckwit]

Completely agree, as I said doing a ground-up, to go any other way would be silly. Better and cheaper, especially if you're already there, but as a bolt-on easy fix, the Heystee kit is unbeatable and highly recommended.

[JPC]

Hi

I am looking at power steering options,

Has any one here fitted TDZ power steering?
And is it up to the job?

Thanks
Taz

Hi Taz
Farmergeo, also on this forum, considered the TDZ for his FC. He posted it on aulro forum.

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/siia-siib-for ... overs.html

Ciao
JP

[fuckwit]

Yes, that is my kit. Mine has been on since 2003. If you want it bolt-on, it's the way to go.

It's a bit dear, is it worth the money, probably not, but then going to the time and effort of fitting PAS anyway doesn't stand up to scutiny for most. This solution is not really any more silly than any other, just easier and it works.

The early kits (mine) had the disadvantage that unless you had a PAS pump on your engine, the supplied pump was sited in a vulnerabel position. Later kits solved this by moving the mounting alongside the alternator. Even as is, I've had no issues, but I'm careful.

[50LRO]

Hi

Thanks to every one for their in put.

If using a rover power steering box, do you rotate it ,so that the input shaft is vertical?

And does this have any effect to steering geometry or oil flow? Air locks?

Cheers guys

Taz

[DasLandRoverMan]

Depends what you're fitting it too.

Some stuff requires it to be done like that, depends what you're looking to achieve.