Power Steering Question After Changing To Top Mount

[TazzS13]

Sorry I didnt know which section this fitted into. Moderators feel free to move it. Ive just changed my rb20 to a topmount setup with a gt3076r. Problem being that the power steering reservoir is too big now with the turbo there. So I thought id rip out the Hicas at the same time and change it all over to r33 gear as its much smaller...I have an r33 reservoir.

Question is: Can I use an R33 Power steering pump on a Rb20? I know the belt has to be changed but does anyone know if they line up or fit the bracket?

I thought other people with top mount setups may have run into this problem on Rb20s

Thanks in advance,

Stu

[Shaun]

Sorry I didnt know which section this fitted into. Moderators feel free to move it. Ive just changed my rb20 to a topmount setup with a gt3076r. Problem being that the power steering reservoir is too big now with the turbo there. So I thought id rip out the Hicas at the same time and change it all over to r33 gear as its much smaller...I have an r33 reservoir.

Question is: Can I use an R33 Power steering pump on a Rb20? I know the belt has to be changed but does anyone know if they line up or fit the bracket?

I thought other people with top mount setups may have run into this problem on Rb20s

Thanks in advance,

Stu

I moved the standard reservoir down beside the radiator and just changed the hoses. Thats the easy bit, as ive had heaps of issues with the power steering pump/bracket and offset of the pulley in relation to the harmonic balancer. I ended up having to get the bracket machined in a mill to elongate the mounting holes so i could slide the whole assembly back and forth to get the right offset. If i were you, i wouldnt change the ps pump, because as far as i know, theyre all different. Just move the reservoir (you can see mine in the bottom right of the pic). I ran into these problems because im using RB20 ps stuff with the RB26 engine.

Shaun.

EDIT: I think the changes to the forums arent allowing me to upload pics. You can see where my PS reservoir is in my avatar above.

Edited August 13, 2008 by Shaun

[TazzS13]

I moved the standard reservoir down beside the radiator and just changed the hoses. Thats the easy bit, as ive had heaps of issues with the power steering pump/bracket and offset of the pulley in relation to the harmonic balancer. I ended up having to get the bracket machined in a mill to elongate the mounting holes so i could slide the whole assembly back and forth to get the right offset. If i were you, i wouldnt change the ps pump, because as far as i know, theyre all different. Just move the reservoir (you can see mine in the bottom right of the pic). I ran into these problems because im using RB20 ps stuff with the RB26 engine.

Shaun.

EDIT: I think the changes to the forums arent allowing me to upload pics. You can see where my PS reservoir is in my avatar above.

Thanks for you reply.

The problem with that is I have removed all the hicas gear while i had the car apart. And have had mixed response when it comes to gutting the back of the r32 pump and blocking the hicas outlet.

The tally for will a 33 pump fit on an rb20 sits at yes: 1 no: 1

Can anyone confirm?

[Adriano]

Im pretty sure they are different. Just pull the vanes out of the rear half of the rb20 pump, and block the outlet with a short bolt and copper washer.

[Shaun]

Yeah, i removed all the vanes in the rear of my pump and it works ok. The other thing you can do is just use the rear part of the pump to circulate the fluid around to the front of the car so that the fluid will cool down. Because if you remove all the hicas gear, you remove the factory piece of pipe that is used to cool the oil. Depends what your using the car for i suppose.

[Interloper]

i'm using a r33 p/s pump and bracket on my 32 still with a rb20. It was the best way to eliminate all the hicas lines running from the rear of the car and around the front. It works perfectly. The p/s belt is silghtly narrower than the rb20 one but no problems with that.

[Wheezy]

http://forum.r31skylineclub.com/index.php/...c,102068.0.html

The PS pump side of things is the same on HR31