steering pump body modification

[caspermc2014]

Hello, i'm Slah from Tunisia, and this is my first post.

i want to explore the hydraulic world so i'm manufacturing an excavator. I have some experience with electric RC trucks, excavators, planes and cars, and now i want to convert to hydraulic because it's amazing and more powerful.

The big problem is that we havn't a supplier for pumps and i havn't much money to buy from other countries and internet shops. so the idea is to modify a power steering pump from a car and use it in my first project.

i have found a pump like this one :

http://image.customclassictrucks.com/f/techarticles/1209cct_perfect_power_steering/39455840+w968/1209cct-04%2bperfect-power-steering%2bsaginaw-pumps.jpg

the main Body is big so i want to redezign a new body like a cylindre and the heart of the pump will fits in. the diameter of the heart is about 45mm, so i think the whole new pump will have 50mm.

have anyone of you know a good idea to build the new casing for the pump?

i have an idea and i'm drawing it with some softs and i will show you the design when its ready, but for now i want some comments from members here.

Thank you.
Slah

[caspermc2014]

Any suggestion?

[RCP57]

What is the pump from? I'm sure you could make it work but it will be overkill. You will need a lot of power to turn it but probably won't need to spin it very fast.

[caspermc2014]

Its a vane pump from old volkswagen car i think, i get it for free. i will try to put the vanes and the ring in a large tube (50mm diameter) and 2 caps and sealing ...

[RCP57]

Its a vane pump from old volkswagen car i think, i get it for free. i will try to put the vanes and the ring in a large tube (50mm diameter) and 2 caps and sealing ...

Good luck with it! I will be on the lookout for something similar the next time I'm at a junkyard.

Reg

[caspermc2014]

a link for the working details of the power steering pump

http://www.offroadsc.com/showthread.php?563-Power-Steering-Pump-Tech&p=4114&viewfull=1#post4114

[caspermc2014]

Hello, bellow are more pictures for the heart of the pump to explain more what i want to do :

https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5568/14325043558_68a8de433d_z.jpg

this is the ring and the vanes that i want to put them en a cylindre like this :

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2921/14512569915_b517ce0796.jpg

i will after that drill the necessary holes for inlet and outlet

https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3926/14325038308_f4050f4b15_z.jpg

https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3851/14325037458_4db1fe6335_z.jpg