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#31

05-27-2009, 08:33 PM

MMooney

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Re: Electric Power Steering

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To compare, I drove with the EPS disabled in the Honda Insight.
It quickly returned to center.

Wild.

#32

05-28-2009, 08:23 AM

gpsman1

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Re: Electric Power Steering

I meant it quickly returned to center with the car in motion.
I hope you assumed that much. I wasn't clear.

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05-28-2009, 10:03 AM

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Re: Electric Power Steering

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I meant it quickly returned to center with the car in motion.
I hope you assumed that much. I wasn't clear.

Yep, I did.

#34

05-28-2009, 10:40 AM

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Re: Electric Power Steering

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In the 2005 Ford Escape Hybrid, if I turn the wheel to initiate the curve, and take my hands off the wheel, the steering returns to center, and the car travels straight ( and off the road if me, the driver does not input torque to turn the wheel to match the road radius).

I tried this on my '06... it seemed to me to be related to HOW FAR you turned the wheel from center. If I put it a bit off center, the car would drift that way, but the wheel would not center itself. If I put it hard right or left, it did center itself.

Thats what it seemed like in a quick experiment last night. Is that what you observe on your '05?

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05-28-2009, 11:18 AM

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Re: Electric Power Steering

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Just like turning a corner, the steering wheel tries to return to center. This is getting into the geometrics of steering, camber/caster.

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05-29-2009, 05:16 PM

wptski

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Re: Electric Power Steering

Got the '09 FE shop manual today. It says that the EPS module, motor and a torque sensor are all in the steering colume assembly, no individual parts are repairable. It doesn't mention anything else about or in the EPS system.