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  1. mudguppy

    fail-proofing full hydro steering

    that's my question - what's your thoughts/concerns on the design of their mount that lead you away from it? PM if you would rather not post.
  2. mudguppy

    fail-proofing full hydro steering

    curious as to why you went with the Artec and not the Red Barn Custom or Stinky Fab mounts? I went with RBC - fits great. Not sure what the price on the Artec is, but seems like it would be more than the other two. Ultimately, I went with the RBC over the Stinky Fab (similar to the Artec)...
  3. mudguppy

    fail-proofing full hydro steering

    may i suggest spending a couple bucks and saving a lot of fab time? I've done a lot of looking and i'm going pre-fab route on my other project. I bought two of these units from Red Barn Customs. The fit is good and they're built quite well. They'll make a great platform for the steering...
  4. mudguppy

    fail-proofing full hydro steering

    yes, you are beating a dead horse; you say if "a hose blows." ok, which hose? is it a high pressure hose from the power steering pump to the steering valve or a hose from the valve to the cylinder? what about the low pressure hose? all these generic statements have proven is that most of...
  5. mudguppy

    fail-proofing full hydro steering

    i hear you - i wondered if that is possibly what happened. this was a concern of mine also, since my hydraulic system is going through my hydro-boost unit. i put a large oil cooler with thermostatically controlled fan in the system, and a 1 gal resevoir. this should keep good temperature...
  6. mudguppy

    fail-proofing full hydro steering

    yep. please see pt. 3 in post 94 above. as already stated, it is a potiential failure point. in my opinion it is extremely unlikely to go out completely and without warning - but that's my opinion, but it actually happened to you, so i'm not arguing.
  7. mudguppy

    fail-proofing full hydro steering

    i understand. not trying to be hard about it, but these same statements come up a lot, and i wanted to be sure that the correct info is in this thread. this is a very specific application and it is imperitive that you (not 'you' specifically, Big Red, 'you' in general) fully understand how the...
  8. mudguppy

    fail-proofing full hydro steering

    again, this is a manual transmission equipped vehicle - a loss of engine power does not mean you have a loss of pumping power unless you take it out of gear. the only way you would have catastrophic pumping loss is: hydraulic pump belt loss (not an issue with gear-driven units) complete...
  9. mudguppy

    fail-proofing full hydro steering

    btw - i can't believe i haven't posted in this thread earlier? to those naysayers that can only speculate: my truck drives great at highway speeds. [thumbzup]
  10. mudguppy

    fail-proofing full hydro steering

    hydro-boost: F550 master cylinder, brake booster, and calipers all the way around. 15.365" front rotors and 14" rears. Steve at Differential Engineering. already have the MC/BB, should have the caliper/rotor kits next week.
  11. mudguppy

    fail-proofing full hydro steering

    sounds exciting - let us (or me at least) know what develops. i'll be keeping my PSC system when i do the repower in a couple weeks. but since i'm introducing hydro-boost to the circuit i'll be upgrading to a larger capacity gear-driven pump that will put out more flow at all rpms and higher...
  12. mudguppy

    fail-proofing full hydro steering

    wow - looks like a servo-driven worm rod. crazy, but i see no reason that it couldn't/wouldn't/shouldn't work. servo capability and reliability is increasing about as fast as memory chips. talk about true 'drive-by-wire'...
  13. mudguppy

    fail-proofing full hydro steering

    Jesse, i think what you are refering to is similar to a 'velocity fuse' that is used in industrial hydraulic applications such as on machines. my understanding is that when the fluid exceeds a specific fluid velocity, the fuse closes. this is used to prevent whipping hoses and fluid injection...
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