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| It is possible to cut the feed and return pipes on the power steering rack and join them with a rubber hose (below right). This will save weight and reduce engine load by removing the belt driven pump. The Exocet is light and does not need power steering. You can alternatively strip the rack, this is NOT required as even race Exocets used the pipe joining method without issue. However if you wish you can remove the valve on the centre of the rack (below left). When doing this the pinion is also normally welded. It's recommend to search Youtube as many video guides exist and show this in detail. | It is possible to cut the feed and return pipes on the power steering rack and join them with a rubber hose (below right). This will save weight and reduce engine load by removing the belt driven pump. The Exocet is light and does not need power steering. You can alternatively strip the rack, this is NOT required as even race Exocets used the pipe joining method without issue. However if you wish you can remove the valve on the centre of the rack (below left). When doing this the pinion is also normally welded. It's recommend to search Youtube as many video guides exist and show this in detail. | ||
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| + | ==== Steering Rack Gaiters ==== | ||
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| + | Only a small thing, but Mk1/NA (and maybe Mk2/NB) steering rack boots, gaiters, bellows or whatever you want to call them seem to be really tricky to source replacements for. Genuine Mazda are £80+ each and aftermarket MX5 ones seem to be quite hard plastic and just don't seem to fit. | ||
| + | The right hand ones for a Citroen Berlingo 1996-2011 (part no 406643) fit almost perfectly and are sensibly priced. The small end is slightly tight but they are rubber, not plastic, so that's fine. | ||
