Miata Mailing List: May 1995, Message #178
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   From: "Jyri J. Virkki" 
Subject: Re: Power Steering
   Date: Thu, 4 May 1995 15:26:07 -0400

Once upon a time SGOODE@ccvax.fullerton.edu said:
> 
>   I recently changed the power steering to manual steering on my '91B.
> You need to remove the power steering pump, replace the steering rack
> with the base model rack ($221 from Roebuck Mazda), install the base model
> idler pulley and bracket, and get a shorter drive belt.  Total cost
> for parts is around $300.  This was covered a few years ago in the MCA magazi
[...]

Speaking of the PS, does someone know how does the system work anyway?
Is it possible to somehow reduce the boost without completely
disabling it, perhaps by installing a smaller pulley on it to reduce
its rotation?  I've long wanted to do something about the PS, I didn't
know it was so relatively cheap to replace the whole system with
manual, so that's something I'll have to consider.  Still... it'd be
nice to keep the faster turning ratio of the PS, but somehow reduce
its power so that it is not so overboosted as it is by default.  Any
theories on how (or whether) it would be possible to accomplish this?


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