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anybody put a non power mustang 2 rack on a 47 -54 chevy truck just wondering.
i have it on my 33 and it's not to bad but my wife thinks she looks good driveing the truck . i don't like power steering . any help on the thought would be great . no i can't shoot the old lady

I believe the general concensus is that those racks on a truck are not a good idea in most cases .......something to do with what is called bump steer ...do a search on bump steer to find out more on this subject.

Originally Posted by vettehog

anybody put a non power mustang 2 rack on a 47 -54 chevy truck just wondering.
i have it on my 33 and it's not to bad but my wife thinks she looks good driveing the truck . i don't like power steering . any help on the thought would be great . no i can't shoot the old lady

Have you considered a clip swap or frame swap?
http://www.chevytrucks.org/tech/s10_frame_swap.htm

Bump steer is what happens at speed when you hit a bump. The front wheels can go into violent wobble and you could lose control of the vehicle.

Originally Posted by techinspector1

Have you considered a clip swap or frame swap?
http://www.chevytrucks.org/tech/s10_frame_swap.htm

i have a mustang clip now i just don't like the power rack .
my wife likes it

don

I hope you guys talking about bump steer aren't confusing our discussions of a few days ago with hog's situation. We were talking about incompatibility with a BEAM axle. A Mustang II configuration is engineered for r & P and should perform well baring installation errors.

x 2 Bob

The Jaguar front clip is a good choice also

Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter

I hope you guys talking about bump steer aren't confusing our discussions of a few days ago with hog's situation. We were talking about incompatibility with a BEAM axle. A Mustang II configuration is engineered for r & P and should perform well baring installation errors.

Well i did a 39 Chevy pickup for a guy with the Mustang II clip and a manual rack (per his request) Only took him about 6 months before he was back wanting the power rack. I drove it with the manual rack and although it was not overly hard to steer the power rack was much more user freindly.

My apologies on the bump steer ,I assumed he had a stock front clip on the truck.....

I guess thats what I get for stayin up late and posting.....

I had a non power R+P steering on my pro street car. It steered fine but it was a light car. I have talked to other guys and was told if the vehicle is light power is not necessary, if its on the heavy side, you may want to use power.

If u have PS now and want to get a better feel for the road maybe a external pressure valve is needed. I just added PS to my MII FE as I could not stand fighting the wheel anymore. It was OK jyst going straight but any parking or turning around etc. was tuff. I had to add some shims to the pressur valve in the sag' pump tas it was to loose . Still could use less pressure to the rack.