The Anatomy of a Project - 10 Stages

[Basement Paul]

Just don't ever grease the front end. Eventually it will get harder to steer.

Let me know when you guys are headed to HGR on a Saturday, I'd like to wander around and catch up.

-BP

[Racin'Jacin]

Paul, most definitely! We'll be in touch soon!

[Racin'Jacin]

UPDATE: OK so having driven the truck for a couple weeks now I decide that my new PS conversion works TOO GOOD! Now it is so easy to steer that you loose the "feel" of the road. I think one major reason for this is my super LARGE DIAMETER factory steering wheel - which I took great pains to keep so I needed to look for another way to address this. After reading up a little on these boxes/pumps I decided the best approach at this point was to reduce the pump pressure a little bit - so I fired up the lathe and whittled out a shim. I know the easy way to do this is to get a shim from a spare pump, but I didn't have one and was too impatient to get one - it took 5 minutes on the lathe - spending most of that time finding a piece of tubing - which I lucked out and found the PERFECT piece - right ID & right OD!!! All I had to do was part off a shim. I opted making it .031" thick (same as the factory ones) so basically all I did was go from 2 shims to 3.

I went around the block and it is WAY better.

I figure a lot of you guys are using a Saginaw PS pump - I know a lot of road guys want a "stiff wheel" for road feel - this is a SUPER EASY way to get that!!! I wouldn't recommend removing shims as you're dealing with serious hydraulic pressures here, but adding shims REDUCES the pressure on a Saginaw - great way to fine tune a close system!!!!

Hey Paul, we still gotta do that walk thru at HGR - I was hoping to do it today, but Donovan had an early soccer game so that nixed that. Hopefully sooner than later we can get there!!!



Jacin

[Basement Paul]

I know I work right up the road from you. What time do you work til? I'm out at 3:30...

That's a really cool fix on the truck btw.

-BP

[Racin'Jacin]

Hey Paul, we're working unpredictable hours right now, but usually out at 5 - too late for a HGR run ;-(

Lately it's even been hard to go on our lunch time walks ;-(

How do you like the new job??


Jacin

[Basement Paul]

So far the new job is great. I did switch jobs internally (long story) but the job I'm doing now is really working out for me. 7-3:30 every day, no weekends, and plenty of time to sell stuff on ebay when I get home. I like it.

-BP