Replacing my rack and the new rack isnt the same. (HELP)

[James]

Car: 1990 galant GSX.

i ordered a galant FWD and the rack i got looks like it needs to be hooked into 4WS!? i think they boxed up the wrong part. heres what im talking about.

My rack doesnt have that, or have anything to plug into it. The valve in there moves up and down for i assume open/close. can this be blocked off in any way???

 

[SouthCaliVR4]

I just went & looked at my new rack, application dsm awd. it only has two ports & then a cap on the bottom of the steering input pinion. if you didn't get the wrong rack you definitely got one that's defective.

Can you post a pic of the whole rack from that same angle?

 

[James]

 

[SouthCaliVR4]

Thats gotta be the wrong part. mine has no port like that at all.

 

[James]

Sorry I forgot to say I was using a FWD rack not an AWD rack. But regardless i don't understand what this port would be used for. Pressure switch?

 

[SouthCaliVR4]

I've torn down a couple FWD's as well & dont recall a port there. Could be a fwd thing /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif just not positive. either way that won't bolt into a vr4.

 

[James]

Can't I just plug it? Why wouldn't it bolt back up?

 

[toybreaker]

That *may* be something related to the variable assist set-up that came on the gsr models. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif

 

[James]

Getting Mildly annoyed at this. Been to 5 places, none of them have anything to plug that

 

[SouthCaliVR4]

Just return it & get a dsm awd 5spd rack. Promise it will fit.

 

[James]

I don't have the extra $100 for the awd rack as apposed to the FWD rack. And it's a week wait for the part to come in.

 

[SouthCaliVR4]

The thing is, no idea how it will affect the performance of the unit to block that port. You may find it won't work right without whatever is supposed to be hooked up there & then you're boned cause they won't take it back used.

I do have sympathy for the situation but running that one may make things worse all the way around.

 

[James]

Oh well, its in and working pretty darn well. Had to dig into
The dark sides of my garage but I found a fitting. Just wish I knew what that was even for

 

[Lucas03ES]

Im pretty sure that it is linked to the Eco/Pwr mode from the non cr-4 model galants. If I remember correctly it affects the steering.

 

[James]

My galant isn't a VR4, and I have no hookups for it on the car. Thus why I'm so confused

Also confused because 15 people have guessed that it's for 15 different things

 

[fuel]

yes it is missing the solenoid which controls the variable rate power assist. That rack would be from a GSR model rather than the other FWD models. I would say you would need the part to complete it.

 

[James]

would you say its safe to just cap it off and call it a day, as i did?

 

[fuel]

if it's not leaking then I guess it would be fine. How does the steering feel, quite over-assisted or relatively well-weighted? I had an '88 E33A Galant VX-S (JDM version of the Galant GSR) which had the switchable assist from 'normal' to 'sport' but I always left it in sport because it felt very much over-assisted and numb when on normal. I felt the 'sport' setting should have been 'normal' and made it more heavier and give even more feedback on 'sports'.