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acutally, a easier way of doing it to remove the back cover on the pump, and remove the little vane/pump/thingy inside. it slide right out so you dont need to machine anything.

then reassemble the pump and block off the outlet.

steve

It doesn't look as tidy thought does it? :cheers:

Why?  I use the rear stage (no HICAS) to run power steering fluid through the cooler.:P

Hey SK, how have you got this all plumbed up? Have you removed the HICAS pump, and are the lines running from the Pwr str pump -> cooler -> reserviour(bypassing the hicas pump completely)?

I'm having a look at mine at the moment, and can't decide what the easiest way to connect the line from the pump to the cooler is :confused: have you used the standard line that runs past the sump to run fluid to the cooler? or put a new line in?

Any help appreciated

:P

i think what SK was talking out was, instead of blocking the hicus outlet, you connect it to a cooler.

basicly its          hicas pump-->cooler-->reserviour

therefore the ps pump does the steering, and the hicas pump does the cooling.

steve

That's the concept, but it is actually even easier to do.

1. The pipework that comes from the rear (HICAS) power steering pump goes under the engine and up the inner guard to the HICAS solenoids under the brake master cylinder. When you remove the solenoids, leave the pipework under the engine.

2. When the hydraulic fluid comes back from the rear steering rack, it goes through the power steering cooler and back into the reservoir. So when you remove the rear steering rack and the pipe work from front to rear, leave the pipework that goes around the radiator to the power steering cooler.

3. Connect the pipe in #1 to the pipe in #2 using a peice of 1/2" rubber hose, so that the power steering fluid comes out of the rear (HICAS) pump, under the engine, through the power steering cooler and back into the reservoir.

Simple:cheers:

PS; one day I will take a picture of the R32 GTST set up and post it up, save thousands of words being written.

so i've spent some time with an advanced image ceation tool (mspaint :)), and drawn up some pics.

Firstly, is this how the setup is before it is modified (i'm going from memory here)?...

And secondly, is this where you've joined the hose (ie - hicas pump removed completely)?

:)

Michael

  • 6 months later...

Hi,

I went ahead and removed the rear vane from my R32 GTSt steering pump. When you open it up at the back the van looks like a small steel wheel with a number of slots cut out of it where a number of little steel squares slot in. I removed this whole component but have later been told (by SSS at Girraween) that I should have removed the little sqaures and re-installed the wheel.

My pump is f'd at the moment. I assume because I did not re-install the wheel (maybe the tension on the belt was too high?) - don't know.

I want to take this opportunity to install a single chamber pump - has anyone installed an RB30 pump? Is it a straight fit besides swapping the pulley over? I think I heard that I need to put some washers between the bracket of the pump and the block of the engine to space it out because of the twin-cam head. Is this the case (it doesn't sound right to me).

Thanks.

Hi, I'll be removing the HICAS probably this weekend if everything goes to plan.

Just wondering, would it be possible to hook the rear outlet of the power steering pump directly to the second inlet/outlet on the power steering reservoir instead of blocking it?

I can’t use the SK’s idea of using it to run power steering fluid through the cooler as it is leaking somewhere.

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