172 cup power steering hose

[HarryJS]

Hose has fallen apart on my 172 cup. Oem is really expensive, any alternatives? TIA

 

[bloke]

get one made or bin it and go epas.

 

[glenn_adam_doble]

Go epas,

my pas shat it's self on the ring, could of got expensive/dangerous, epas is so much better as you can adjust it to your style of driving

 

[HarryJS]

Cheers fellas I will look into it

 

[hipwell]

What sort of costs are we looking at for this conversion? What parts are needed?

 

[bloke]

epas column and motor, ecu, control box of ebay and if you want to early dci rack.

 

[hipwell]

epas column and motor, ecu, control box of ebay and if you want to early dci rack.

Ah right so it can be done on the existing rack?
What about the belt setup? Will a shorter belt do the trick once the pas pump is removed?