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This was a photo link post, from Butch that I somehow messed up... The photo is now below in one of my posts, it's the photo of the Dakota Rack and Pinion Steering. Sorry Butch, Sorry Robin! MoparNorm Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 10/08/2009 02:44AM by MoparNorm.
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Re: All Mopar Power Steering
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MoparNorm
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Date: October 05, 2009 01:52PM
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butch romig
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MoparNorm
Russ, the rack and pinion steering arms do not connect to the tie rods, those steering arms are connected directly to the wheel spindles. Very simple and effective.
The steering box is the trick. Needs to connect to the Sweptline column and runs to the rack. There is no physical connection from the steering wheel to the rack, it's hydraulic...and that can be a problem as some states require a physically connected steering system.
norm,no steering box needed,just look under the hood of a older dakota,its right there and easy to see,
butch
Butch, it may not be a gear box, but it is some box or mechanism that is required to coordinate steering wheel movement to correspond with the hydraulic fluid which pushes the rack, ram, left or right.
Just wondering what it looked like. Any pictures of that Dakota unit?
