Minnesota Focus Owners Club

well i have been losing power sterring fluid for the last week, and being that im lazy, i let it go and kept topping er off.
so yesterday i noticed a puddle under the foci(it had not been leaking to groud till this point) so i started it up and added fluid. i then heard a sound only to be discribed as a fluid being forced at high pressure through a small hole and then a loud ping and fluid hitting the ground. it turns out that my rack has blown the inner seal completely out! it is hanging all ring toss style around the inner rod end......sooooo this week end in goes the svt rack(mmmmmmmm gear reduced, mmmmmmmmm)

Were you still using the stock Focus rack?

Um, I think the racks are internally identical other than the steering stops.

The difference in the SVT steering feel is the pump

FORDSVTPARTS wrote:Um, I think the racks are internally identical other than the steering stops.

The difference in the SVT steering feel is the pump

the svt rack has a different ratio. i do remember some of my multimedia traing from shcool.

o2designs wrote:Were you still using the stock Focus rack?

yeah, big whoop, ya wanna fight about it

focinite wrote:

FORDSVTPARTS wrote:Um, I think the racks are internally identical other than the steering stops.

The difference in the SVT steering feel is the pump

the svt rack has a different ratio. i do remember some of my multimedia traing from shcool.

Well, Zurno has one in his turbo car and it feels just like a regular Focus.

Ford did the same thing with the Cobra, It used the standard rack with different stops but the pump was different which gave the different feel.

FORDSVTPARTS wrote:

focinite wrote:

FORDSVTPARTS wrote:Um, I think the racks are internally identical other than the steering stops.

The difference in the SVT steering feel is the pump

the svt rack has a different ratio. i do remember some of my multimedia traing from shcool.

Well, Zurno has one in his turbo car and it feels just like a regular Focus.

Ford did the same thing with the Cobra, It used the standard rack with different stops but the pump was different which gave the different feel.

yeah i noticed the feel when i had the svt pump vs the zx3. but the svt rack actualy takes less turns lock to lock. the pump is a vss style pump.

Steve, Kyle said he felt a difference between rusty and his cars. Maybe its just in out heads.

There was a difference, going from a Chromie to cRusty, the steering was different...it acts quicker...

Steve, you might be used to it, because you use the quicker rack all the time, i dunno. It might be in the my head, I've never driven a Focus that handled or reacted the same, so it might just be the car, but the steering did feel quick on cRusty tho..

Yeah, could be.

well gott er dune. one thing i notcied as i was installing was the the tag that read"ST170 LHD" on the rack i also noticed as it was going through the caster sweep on the alingment rack at 45-50 degrees (steering wheel) the reading was almost at 7.5 degrees (front wheels) on the zx3 rack at 45-50 steering wheel the front wheels are like 6-6.25 wheel degrees. and driving i notcied a black and white comparison. if the steering wheel moves the car moves, there is no lag there is no question, if i go from the 12 o clock to the 12:01 it will start changing lanes, its almost as if my hands where attached to the front knuckels, thats the only way to describe it.

Yeah, I got some R32 bushings to throw into my Golf, I've heard the outcome is similar...

frankjt96 wrote:Yeah, I got some R32 bushings to throw into my Golf, I've heard the outcome is similar...

just dont sneeze or youll kill some one in the next lane.

I'll keep that in mind... Thanks for the tip

frankjt96 wrote:I'll keep that in mind... Thanks for the tip

on my way home last night i turned my head to sneeze out the windah, and as i turnded ma head i went into the next lane, its scary how sensitve the steering is now. i can only imagine in a golf that has instant turn in to start with.