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Just to show you guys what's available with the new GMC Motorhome Forum.
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From: GMC Motorhome Forum
Date: Tue, Nov 5, 2019 at 8:25 AM
Subject: Remote Power Steering Fill for Hydroboost......to use or not to
use...... - New thread in watched forum
To: bdub
GMC Motorhome Forum
Mike Perez posted a new
thread to a forum you are watching at GMC Motorhome Forum
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Remote Power Steering Fill for Hydroboost......to use or not to use......
So I just got my Bob Stone Hydroboost kit in the mail. First of all, I was
going to try to just build all of it myself. Ultimately I decided that I'd
buy the kit even though I didn't need half of it. I was probably a good
call. I would hav been able to do it all most likely, but there are three
parts that are custom which require a bit of fabrication:
First, the brake pedal torque tube is modified. It appears that the arms
that are attached to the pedal rod are cut off, and rewarded in a different
position in order to change the pedal ratio. I could have done this, but it
would have been a pain, and the one Bob sends out look like factory quality.
Second, the support bracket that mounts that supports the hydroboost off
the firewall ceiling is a custom piece. Easy to make, but again, time is
money. Lastly, and probably the most significant is the pedal rod itself.
It is a custom piece. Bob is clearly having these made somewhere. I've
spoken with the guy that makes the hydroboost units for Bob, and he sends
the rods to him to install. I guess you could cut and weld and shorter rod,
but you'd have to be really careful with the welder to not damage seals.
I know I got a little off topic there, but here is my issue. Because of my
serpentine bracket setup, I had installed a power steering pump with
integrated reservoir (much like the original) for a late 90's Silverado
3500. It has two return lines already built in. Bob sent me a pump that
will bolt right up but it is designed to have a remote reservoir mounted
under the booster. I'm trying to decide which way to go.
If you had the choice, would you like to have a easily accessible power
steering reservoir under the "hood" to easily check fluid or would you be
fine with just checking under the hatch on occasion? The installation would
be a little cleaner without the remote reservoir, but not that much
different.
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