Toyota Corolla power steering rack

Hadn't planned to. Its not mentioned elsewhere that it needed to be done. I assumed that by using a specific rack ie a Subaru Forester or wrx and changing the inner tie rods to a specific type it would be near enough and woul just need it all positioned correctly to get I all centred so that the geometry can be set. If it does need machining then it opens a can of worms that I'm not sure I want to get into. Have you done this swap and know something different?
 
Farmer42 said:
Hadn't planned to. Its not mentioned elsewhere that it needed to be done. I assumed that by using a specific rack ie a Subaru Forester or wrx and changing the inner tie rods to a specific type it would be near enough and woul just need it all positioned correctly to get I all centred so that the geometry can be set. If it does need machining then it opens a can of worms that I'm not sure I want to get into. Have you done this swap and know something different?
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So it looks like you make the tapped hole a little deeper and take 1/2inch off the shaft to get an exact match to the original geometry. If that makes much of a difference I don't know but I have a RHD S31 rack coming from Japan to compare with
 
As it connects to the steering column I dont know if it matters LHD or RHD as for post and duty best contact them. I rang them when I ordered my disc brake kit.
 
Just finished the corsa power steering, cost me the electric motor, a sensitivity controller and took about 1/2 day. Was a bit fiddly due to the lack of space with the bias pedal box in there as well, had to do a bit of cutting and making up supporting brackets but all in there now
 

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Matt Berry said:
Just finished the corsa power steering, cost me the electric motor, a sensitivity controller and took about 1/2 day. Was a bit fiddly due to the lack of space with the bias pedal box in there as well, had to do a bit of cutting and making up supporting brackets but all in there now
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Whose PAS controller did you go with?
I’ve got a corsa motor ready to install but am concerned about lack of feedback / lack of self centering and it looks like some controllers may be better than others.
 
Turn & Burn said:
Whose PAS controller did you go with?
I’ve got a corsa motor ready to install but am concerned about lack of feedback / lack of self centering and it looks like some controllers may be better than others.
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the self centering should be a feature of your caster/camber/kpi. can you set it so its 'off above 5mph or similar or is there always assistance?
 
There’s generally 3 levels of assistance you can set according to speed, but there is a large amount of discussion on the net about lack of self centering and overly high assistance levels.
 
Matt Berry said:
Just finished the corsa power steering, cost me the electric motor, a sensitivity controller and took about 1/2 day. Was a bit fiddly due to the lack of space with the bias pedal box in there as well, had to do a bit of cutting and making up supporting brackets but all in there now
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Often considered doing the same .
I take it once the column has been converted that you loose the colapsable element of the column?
 
Turn & Burn said:
Whose PAS controller did you go with?
I’ve got a corsa motor ready to install but am concerned about lack of feedback / lack of self centering and it looks like some controllers may be better than others.
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Just got one from eBay at the moment to get it working. Still got quite a bit of wiring left to do in the car so can’t say if it’s any good or not until I can fire it up and have a play
 
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