Hey all, i got a civic ex coupe with a b16a in it not too long ago, and the guy that had it b4 me took the power sterring and ac off, im fine without both, never had either one on any of my cars :-p. and its still got the rack and pinion for the power steering, but i dont want the power steering rack and pinion, i was wondering if i could take the rack and pinion out of a 92-94 civic without power steering?? if i can... does anyone have one that they would either want to trade, or sell?

Thanks, pm me or e-mail me at civicxman103@yahoo.com

 

bump, would like to know

 

havent bumped all wk, need to knw THANKS

 

I have heard of people getting the manual rack from civic CX's and putting them into civic's that were supposed to have power steering. but I have never done it myself.

 

alright, cool, thanks!!! glad someone can confirm it has atleast been done, if youve ever done it, lemme know how hard it was, and waht all i would have to buy

Thanks

 

I just did it a month ago. Easy, as long as the car doesn't have ABS.

 

yeah it's been done. i sold one a couple weeks ago off cx

 

PM me for my phone number, I'll tell you what you need.

 

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I've never done a auto &gt; manual steering rack conversion so I'm stupid in this area....how does ABS come into play with the steering rack?

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Yeah, take one from any 92-95 civic that didn't originally have power steering and it shoudl be a straight up swap. I'd take it from a DX coupe or LX coupe (non ps ones) just b/c they're both coupes...but I'm pretty sure one from any civic 92-95 will work fine

 

car does have ABS, but i was thinkin abut takin it off, cuz i dont like it..... too touchy, but im not sure waht it has to do with this anyways either??

 

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I've never done a auto &gt; manual steering rack conversion so I'm stupid in this area....how does ABS come into play with the steering rack?

At OP?
Yeah, take one from any 92-95 civic that didn't originally have power steering and it shoudl be a straight up swap. I'd take it from a DX coupe or LX coupe (non ps ones) just b/c they're both coupes...but I'm pretty sure one from any civic 92-95 will work fine </TD></TR></TABLE>

w/o ABS a lot easier. No need to drop the subframe, just unbolt the rack, the steering knuckle and voila!!!

w/ ABS, drop the subframe, and disconnect the ABS lines...not fun at all, this will be a project.

 

how hard is it to take ABS off? i was thinkin about takin it off anyways

 

Well, I don't think you can just take it off. Your brakes rely on the ABS function, and while I know nothing about ABS, I would imagine that its safer with it on, than with it off.

 

If I remember correctly the sub frame is also a little bit different but only in the mounting bracket on the right hand side of the car. The manual rack sub frame has a straight bracket welded to the sub frame and the power rack has an cup that accepts the thicker power steering rack. You should just be able to weld a piece in to make that a flat mounting surface. Going the other way you have to change the sub frame assy to make everything work

 

have no idea