pittom

did any one put on or build there own Hydraulic assist steering.
I want to build my own but not sure where to tap into the steering box.

Cowhand

Go look over at pavementsucks.com, loads of info over there on hydro assist steering.

IIRC, you have to use a steering box that is ported for hydro assist, PSC Steering makes on that'll set you back around $300. Might need a higher capacity pump too....

CODODGE2500MAN

I would not do a hydraulic assist on any vehicle you drive on the road. I did it on my jeep (see sig) and it wasn't pretty. If the trucks a trailer queen, go for it though. nothing like picking yousefl up w/ the tires.

blown32

CODODGE2500MAN,

What do you mean by "nothing like picking youself up w/ the tires"?

I am looking at Hy assist on my CJ8 project and want to do some street driving with it. It will have 38.5 or 39.5 tires and DOT beadlocks.

Any details would be great!

Thanks
Allen

CTD NUT

I have a hydraulic assist ram on my Jeep........I drilled and tapped the top cover plate and the front cover plate on the box for the fittings for the ram.....the system works well as long as you use the higher flowing hydro boost pump.......since this is a hydraulic ram assist and not a ram only system, the street manners are not too bad but you do lose some return-to-center feel in the steering wheel. Keep the ram bore size between 1 1/2" - 2" so that you don't exceed the flow of the pump......and if you are playing offroad, a cooler is a good idea, too. If the truck spends a lot of time on road, keep the ram bore size down to 1 1/2" and add some additional caster......this should pretty much cancel out the majority of the poor road manners some systems have.

CODODGE2500MAN

Blown 32,
What I meant was when the truck ends up on it's side/sidewall of the tires, you can turn- atleast I can- the wheels one way, jam the truck in reverse and drive back up. Its a hard skill to learn, takes lots of scratches on the truck, but it is worth it.

pittom

my brother-in-law has hydraulic assist ram on his toy with 35in tires and it workes good on the road. I want to do it because with 36in tires and a plow is a lot of stress,just not sure where to tap my steering box.(don't want to pay big$$$ for something i could do my self)

yarddog

I've got a 2x6" ram on the buggy and I'll say a 2" ram with a toy pump is to slow to run on the street. BUT I've got lots of friends who have 1.5" rams on their DD's and they have no complaints about road manners. You should be fine with a 1.5x8" with the stock pump.

Do you know what kind of box it is? You might want to search on pirate4x4.com in the general 4x4 board. Certainly someone has tapped this kind of box before. If not, redneckram can probably do it for you for around $50 or so.