Power Steering Install Question

[hdnik]

Did a rough fit of the PS unit supplied by F5 yesterday. All seemed to go well following the instructions in the newest manual. It looks as though F5 has pre-drilled holes to clock the unit downward as has been discussed on this forum by Eric H's sticky... So that's good. They also supplied the little 2" shaft to couple the rack joint to the front ps joint. Here is my simple question...

The bolts supplied in the ps kit to mount the ps motor are too long when the aluminum plate on the back of the motor is omitted (as instructed) They bottom out before it can can tightened to the chassis. Before i go about shortening these or sourcing shorter bolts... Are there other ones supplied somewhere that I'm missing seeing?

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[wallace18]

I had to use shorter ones on my P/S.

[Neil@rashba.com]

Though the manual says remove the aluminum plate , I found that with the plate on, it fit perfectly. Like you say, without it the bolts are too long, bottom out and the unit stays loose. Put the aluminum spacer back and it works right. Maybe the instructions are obsolete. If you figure it out please let us all know

Neil

[hdnik]

Though the manual says remove the aluminum plate , I found that with the plate on, it fit perfectly. Like you say, without it the bolts are too long, bottom out and the unit stays loose. Put the aluminum spacer back and it works right. Maybe the instructions are obsolete. If you figure it out please let us all know

Neil

I looked at it and it may well fit. That was my thought too anyway... It just looked like the ujoint from the per shaft might rub against it, but haven't gone that far yet... But will try and let you know. Thanks.