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Escort MK4 XR3i Steering issue

KayB
KayB
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HI bought a 1987 Escort XR3i,

but the steering is really heavy & stiff, drove it round the car park at home,

I tried to turn it round to park facing the other direction but it was so difficult to turn

Has anyone any ideas what may be causing  it please

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    FWD Escorts and Orions were blooming awful for heavy steering

    The variable ratio MK4 rack was worse than the Mk3 I thought

    I had an Orion 16i Ghia and a MK3 Capri 20.S (on 205s) at the time and the Capri was a lot lighter

    You may be able to chop up the column and fit an electric motor form , say, a Corsa one

    You may also be able to backward engineer the MKV Escort PAS system (try and find an early donor with a CVH engine fitted

    But all options will include cutting and welding and lots of research

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    2 hours ago, KayB said:

    HI bought a 1987 Escort XR3i,

    I owned the same car, as well as a 1990 RS Turbo. From memory, neither presented an overly stiff steering effort. Before cutting & welding a power steering upgrade, I would get it checked by a garage that the original is functioning as specified from factory...

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    Check the tyre pressures are correct!

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