Hydraulic Electric Power Steering Pump

Your hydraulic power steering system can drain as much as 5 8 hp from your engine and cost you somewhere between 1 3 mpg of fuel.

Hydraulic electric power steering pump.

About a year and a half ago i finished up the install of one of these electric power steering pump retrofit kits in a mkii jag. Ict billet sbc power steering bracket pump bracket electric water pump billet 350 small block chevy adjustable 551360. All the components used here are stock. The ehps consists of two electric motors each equipped with power electronics equipment a vane pump and an optional customer specific mounting bracket.

Only 8 left in stock order soon. 4 3 out of 5 stars 16. This is my setup to test a gm power steering pump as a hydraulic pump to power hydraulic motors and cylinders. The electrohydraulic power steering pump provides the demand oriented amount of oil and pressure that is needed to operate the hydraulic steering systems of commercial vehicles at any given time.

A hydraulic power steering unit consumes more energy than your car. Thought of the day. I didn t think to look to much further into it but i loved the feel it had and the fact it was adjustable. Get it as soon as fri sep 25.

Ultimate power steering has found a solution to this issue by fitting an electric power steering pump. The unit is a new zf pump that we have sourced that we supply as a universal kit so you can mount it remotely away from the engine bay if needed. A double acting hydraulic cylinder applies a force to the steering gear which in turn steers the roadwheels. It sounded like the future.

This epsp can be mounted away from the engine and is a simple stand alone electric pump system. The electric power steering pump or ehps electro hydraulic power steering is the evolution of the conventional power steering pump. In fact on most passenger cars and trucks the steering is now purely electro mechanical meaning there is no hydraulics at all. Electric hydraulic steering pump steering pumps have gradually moved from pure hydraulic to electric over hydraulic over the last several decades.

Hydraulic power steering systems work by using a hydraulic system to multiply force applied to the steering wheel inputs to the vehicle s steered usually front road wheels. In ehps systems the operating pressure is no longer generated by a belt connected to the engine as in traditional power steering systems but by an electric engine that provides the exact level of power required for steering.