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Old 17 June 2009, 19:38   #21
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thats it exactly. if PAS fails then the steering gets a bit heavy.
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the metering unit in the orbitrol steering valve
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Old 17 June 2009, 20:21   #22
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Old 17 June 2009, 22:39   #23
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thats it exactly. if PAS fails then the steering gets a bit heavy.
if full power steering fails it can whizz onto full lock and the steering wheel can rotate with enough force to break fingers! the metering unit in the orbitrol steering valve can act as a motor
I have heard of this happening with old landrovers.
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Old 17 June 2009, 23:05   #24
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I have heard of this happening with old landrovers.
???? An old Landrover with power steering? Where'd you get one like that? I'd got arms like Garth by the time I'd finished with my mark IIA LWB.

I'll agree, if you hit a rock in just the right way, you could end up being whisked around like a catherine wheel if you forgot to let go. I remember parallel parking (if you could find a space long enough) was exercise worthy of an Olympian.
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???? An old Landrover with power steering? Where'd you get one like that? I'd got arms like Garth by the time I'd finished with my mark IIA LWB.

I'll agree, if you hit a rock in just the right way, you could end up being whisked around like a catherine wheel if you forgot to let go. I remember parallel parking (if you could find a space long enough) was exercise worthy of an Olympian.
I don't mean THAT old!!! But RR had it fitted from 1973.........
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Yeah I'm lost now .. explain Doggy
an orbitrol or orbital valve is just a rotary spool valve, the bit the steering wheel is mounted on on a tractor.
when they fail the steering wheel can whizz aroundthis is because there is a small pump/motor in the base to provide feedback to the spool valve from the steering ram.
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an orbitrol or orbital valve is just a rotary spool valve, the bit the steering wheel is mounted on on a tractor.
when they fail the steering wheel can whizz aroundthis is because there is a small pump/motor in the base to provide feedback to the spool valve from the steering ram.
I knew that
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Then you would know theyre like winches..........they can break your fingers when it all goes wrong
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Then you would know theyre like winches..........they can break your fingers when it all goes wrong
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