Owl Vans Grenadier Steering Box Upgrade

[HereinDaRockies]

I hope that is what he meant by saying that he hasn’t heard the whine in awhile. There are a lot of people who say their IGs done’ whine. I am interested, but anything with an electrical pump is going to ‘whine’, I just don’t want to be heard from a block away, or have to keep lying to people that my IG has a turbine powertrain…

Damn at close to $3k… I may as well trade it in for a new one, which I would confirm to not whine

 

[Tenac]

I'll be coming down for a visit in a week or so to the PHX location for a test drive and probably buying a bunch more stuff anyway!

 

[Dokatd]

I meant taking a southwest flight over to az. I recognize the distance...
I should have been clearer...

No, you're good. But yeah not sure it's worth the flight. I'd rather just buy the thing and go have it installed in Austin and see what it does. I won't fully trust a test drive in a test bed vehicle. No telling what else has changed or how it will really change my truck. At least not in terms of something like this. It's cheap enough to not fuss over if it's not 100% as advertised. Plus I do have a touch of confidence in Owl on this.

 

[pmatusov]

No, you're good. But yeah not sure it's worth the flight. I'd rather just buy the thing and go have it installed in Austin and see what it does. I won't fully trust a test drive in a test bed vehicle. No telling what else has changed or how it will really change my truck. At least not in terms of something like this. It's cheap enough to not fuss over if it's not 100% as advertised. Plus I do have a touch of confidence in Owl on this.

Your comment made me wonder - the ~1" of play in the steering wheel: is it a genuine artifact of the steering box, or a software setting to avoid power steering working at all times?

 

[Dokatd]

Your comment made me wonder - the ~1" of play in the steering wheel: is it a genuine artifact of the steering box, or a software setting to avoid power steering working at all times?

There are most certainly some goofy things going on with the pump. I have to be honest and admit I have little experience with these newer vehicles with electric power steering. I have never owned anything with electric steering except my wife's Rivian. But I can sure tell when the system on the Grenadier turns on and off. And it most certainly shuts down when you approach the factory steering stop. Who knows what it does while driving. I'd prefer it to be less powerful for sure. I have always hated over powered steering on road going vehicles. I love one finger steering on my crawlers, but not anything that goes on the highway.

 

[Borg54 (Owl Outdoor)]

I know a video will not do much justice to a product that you typically have to "feel," but hopefully you can get a sense of how easy the Greny becomes at freeway speeds with this new upgrade. I also didn't hear any pump noise, but I still want to get ours back and test more before I am definitive on that front. Keep in mind, this Grenadier also has a 4" lift, which never helps freeway stability

 

[CrazyOldMan]

I know a video will not do much justice to a product that you typically have to "feel," but hopefully you can get a sense of how easy the Greny becomes at freeway speeds with this new upgrade. I also didn't hear any pump noise, but I still want to get ours back and test more before I am definitive on that front. Keep in mind, this Grenadier also has a 4" lift, which never helps freeway stability

Ok that’s cool. Did you guys adjust caster? I can’t remember if you left that at the factory angle.

 

[Borg54 (Owl Outdoor)]

Ok that’s cool. Did you guys adjust caster? I can’t remember if you left that at the factory angle.

Maxed it out