Few power steering questions

Post by **DaveyBa8** » Mon May 20, 2013 7:38 pm

Well I just have a few questions, well ideas really. I feel the steering on the prelude is over sensitive,

No.1 if a larger pully is on the pump will this reduce sensitivity?

No.2 would a smaller diameter insert along the lines reduce sensitivity?

No.3 would shimming the blades inside the pump reduce sensitivity also?

Post by **Pushki** » Mon May 20, 2013 8:03 pm

No.4 Would different tyres/wheels negate the need for all of the above?

Post by **DaveyBa8** » Mon May 20, 2013 8:05 pm

Possibly but I'm running 205/50/16s I'd rather have 45 but our roads aren't overly great.

Dbo · Post by **Dbo** » Mon May 20, 2013 8:10 pm

only found this with mine at speed on motorways as oem spoilers are useless

all stopped when better spoiler fitted with function rather than looks fitted

Post by **DaveyBa8** » Mon May 20, 2013 8:16 pm

Dbo wrote:only found this with mine at speed on motorways as oem spoilers are useless all stopped when better spoiler fitted with function rather than looks fitted

Yea I sappose down force would make a big improvement,

Sometimes when I get out first thing on a cold morning everything feels lovely and tight but a good few miles in it starts to feel a tad lose again, I could very well need a power steering flush but I thought I'd ask those few questions to see if it was possible, I'm most likely going to remove the power steering but I hear there can be slight play in the steering wheel before it actually turns.

bb1boy · Post by **bb1boy** » Mon May 20, 2013 8:24 pm

Do you have 4ws?

Post by **DaveyBa8** » Mon May 20, 2013 8:31 pm

I don't man, everything under the car is spot on, I just thought preludes are known for over sensitive steering, or easy steering, that big boat steering wheel doesn't help lol.

Dbo · Post by **Dbo** » Mon May 20, 2013 8:33 pm

the other thing that ade mine twitchy and light aswell was the drop links

the oem ones died and the ebay aftermarket ones are a thinner bar that seem to give. so found a scrapper with very good oem's and felt a lot better

really want to upgrade to heavy duty front and rear stabilizer bars and arb's

no power steering on track must be nice for feedback but on a daily driver it is heavy as hell

and i dread to think the extra pressure on the rack

the old rack and pinion's we made for this and a lot tougher but without uprating the rack would this not tend to wear or damage it

plus extra stress on all ball joints and track rod ends

Post by **RattyMcClelland** » Mon May 20, 2013 8:34 pm

DaveyBa8 wrote:Well I just have a few questions, well ideas really. I feel the steering on the prelude is over sensitive,

No.1 if a larger pully is on the pump will this reduce sensitivity?

No.2 would a smaller diameter insert along the lines reduce sensitivity?

No.3 would shimming the blades inside the pump reduce sensitivity also?

You got the wrong gen Prelude. I found this an issue with the 4th Gen but not the 3rd or 5th.

Post by **DaveyBa8** » Mon May 20, 2013 8:47 pm

I've put blue print drop links on front and rear, blue print top wishbones, balljoints, bushings are ok, but its just the steering itself,

Don't get me wrong I will happily live with it, if I was to rid the power steering I'd go the full hog and open up the rack, the same that's in the how to on here. I've a spare rack so if I don't like it I will stick it all back together. Thanks for the comments by the way