How to tell if a steering rack has been converted to manual


civicx3

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Bought a EK9 subframe with steering rack and the power steering lines coming out of the rack have been looped with a rubber hose

Im wanting power steering so is there a way to tell if the rack has been converted inside to a manual rack before i go ahead and fit it?

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youll have to open it up i guess
 
youll have to open it up i guess

if thats my only option i think il just put it on the car and hope for the best, would anything bad happen by trying to run powersteering on a rack thats been converted to manual?
 
as murray say really. youll still have a manual rack, just a wet one lol
 
i can hear the fluid moving around when turning it by hand, surely that would mean theres a piston inside?
 
would assume so bud yes
 
tbf a manual rack done properly isnt that common so youd be unlucky if it was.
 
yeah true, more confident it hasnt been converted now so will chuck it on

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As above it sounds like the piston was never removed so it was never converted properly to a manual rack.
Your rack should function ok with it all set back up
 
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