EA81 power steering and lift kit ????'s

[ettev]

For those of you that have lifted EA81's w/power steering (I'm working on a Brat with a 4" lift) what did you do to connect the steering after lifting the car? Did you use the power steering setup rag joint and u-joint? If so it appears as if another u-joint may be required.

 

Also, if 2 u-joints are used did you need to go with a shaft bearing support?

 

Any help (or better yet pictures) would be greatly appreciated. I'm doing mine in reverse. I had the lift installed now I'm installing power steering on what was originally a non-p/s Brat. Not too hard except for this steering geometry issue.

 

Thanks.

[GeneralDisorder]

Mine has two u-joints with the splined end of a junk column cut off and used to couple them together. No rag joint. Works just fine - no pillow block required.

 

GD

[mcbrat]

^ what he said....

[Spiffy]

pics?

[GeneralDisorder]

I'm not sure pics would even be helpful really. It's just two stock u-joint assemblies with a section of splined shaft connecting them together. Make the shaft between them such a length as will be adequate with your lift block height. It connects directly to the column splines and directly to the rack splines. There's nothing at all special about it.

 

GD

[ettev]

The setup described works, thanks GD. I just need to get a splined shaft from the local yard of broken dreams and cut it to length. I also loosened the steering column mounting bolts and slid the column in toward the driver about a half inch. Helped with the geometry of all the u-joints.

 

Any noticable increase in steering wheel vibration without the rag joint?

[GeneralDisorder]

Any noticable increase in steering wheel vibration without the rag joint?

 

None at all. I like it better without the joint in fact. The steering is very solid and responsive. Mine has 28" MT's.

 

GD