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Originally Posted by johnboy

The two steering boxes are inter-connected both mechanically and hydraulically.
Willie's idea is that you're not increasing pressure; but there is a larger volume available to facilitate steering at low revs.
Changing vehicles from left to right-hand drive is all he does, and he does it extremely successfully; he must have about twenty top tradesmen working for him, and he's done many thousands of conversions over the last twenty years.
Here's a link to his website:
Eagle Automotive Ltd - THE BUSINESS

I can't yet answer if it does in fact work, I won't know until such time as we can fire it up and road test it; but to me, logic says it will.

And knowing Willie, (Robin can affirm this,) if he says it will then it will.

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Can you explain the mechanical connections?

Originally Posted by rspears

Can you explain the mechanical connections?

Each box has its own pitman arm and spindle arm, and they're connected with a common tie rod, so that everything works in unison.

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