Recommend you keep the power steering stock setup.
Now that i have the maximum motorsports k member ready to be installed in the white car i realized the mounting of the power steering rack is different from the mounting of the manual steering rack
The power steering rack has tubes that protrude from the oem kmember and the bolts slide through the inside of the tubes and rack slides over the outside of the tubes via rubber bushings all together for a tight fit
https://goo.gl/photos/NQQ62DGj5FE342NC8
The manual rack however has billet inserts with exact fit for the bolt drilled holes in them and the maximum motorsports kmember has drilled holes for a bolt to slide through no tube..
https://goo.gl/photos/kmyU3cBdDAJHx49Q8
Im now at a cross road now as to what i want to do next... do i modify the maximum motorsports kmember to utilize the the tube then just bolt the power steering rack like it was on the oem kmember
Or
Do i take the tubes out of oem kmember put them inside the power steering rack to hold it snug then just slide the bolt through like the maximum motorsports kmember was designed to do originally
Or
Do i just say screw it and go manual rack..
I think i like the tubes in and leave kmember alone idea..
Im gonna try to detail all the parts and the bay mayb some painting before i start putting it all back together so i have time to consider my options...
Im open for suggestions
Also
The ball joint shaft that was giving me trouble (using my finger as a measurement tool) went to the autoparts store and got a "front end service kit" which came with 4 different pullers for situations like this.. still had alot of trouble getting it off even with the tool it was really a pita but eventually it popped with no heat to weaken it
https://goo.gl/photos/hvJAzD5Pg2bC5vsb8
And pics of my progress..
https://goo.gl/photos/3hWyVAsXBbVL5W1V8
https://goo.gl/photos/1qZB5PbdyzePZwwx7
https://goo.gl/photos/aFPwGxNPFxiZNfy77
https://goo.gl/photos/8xH3mqHZ6axx9yhf8
https://goo.gl/photos/6ZV67CJuTNFtxLUg9
https://goo.gl/photos/LKra2K9ToN4VP13S8
https://goo.gl/photos/M2RMqvf9SmsD8ayr7
https://goo.gl/photos/VZYde9mXrGe1QyP86
Here i noticed the brake lines are in the way of mounting the maximum motorsports k member
https://goo.gl/photos/4iJBsyQZUH9kHyg59
Here too and a ground wire (its pushing that sway bar bolt to the side but its not in the way i just took the picture to show the brake line in the way like i didnt realize till after the fact..
https://goo.gl/photos/pjaQo2SSr5F2KGa18
Im not too concerned about this issue im just gonna push them over without kinking the hard line and put a rubber groment to prevent vibrations causing problems down the road.
https://goo.gl/photos/zNEQD5RVcHwKbMBZ6
https://goo.gl/photos/o4zxomnoexHoAANx6
I love building this car so much... i brought a girl i was seeing to my shop and one point she said "wat a shame that these used to be two perfectly good cars and now theyre in peices" needless to say we are no longer actively seeing eachother..
Lol im jk we broke up for another reason haha but coincidentally that did happen lol anyway moving forward nonetheless..