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| This is a discussion on power steering hacking within the Gen II Prius Modifications forums, part of the Gen II (2004-2009) Toyota Prius Forums category; I have a 2006 prius, and am wondering if any one knows where the power steering is located at, how ... |
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03-03-2008, 08:45 PM
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| Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Oregon City
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Friends: 0 |  power steering hacking I have a 2006 prius, and am wondering if any one knows where the power steering is located at, how hard would it be to get to, what am I am looking at as far as being able to switch to some sort of drive by wire for the steering. I know its on the column some where I am just wording how much of my dash I need to disassemble to get to it. one step to getting my Prius to drive its self. going to use rang sensors GPS and line fallowing cams to track the road. My plan is to get the car to stay in among lines of a free way during good weather and have a somewhat self driving car. I am just finishing up on the adaptive cruse control using a custom ultrasonic Distance Meter. I will have some plans up for it as soon is I get it working right. I am running all this off the Make Controller Kit and programing for the time being in processing for its grate A/V libraries. If any one wants to help or know of any one else attempting this with there Prius let me know. |
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03-03-2008, 09:39 PM
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Friends: 5 | Re: power steering hacking why not pull off the wheel and attach your equipment directly to? the only other problem i can think of is the VSC.. it likes to follow the steering wheel. it may flip out if it gets steering commands from the wrong spot. |
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03-03-2008, 09:44 PM
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Friends: 0 | Re: power steering hacking Quote:
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03-03-2008, 10:12 PM
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| Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Oregon City
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Friends: 0 | Re: power steering hacking Quote:
The prius has Electronic Power Steering and I am thinking that it would be simpler to just tap into that. My plan is not to have a full time drive by wire. The plan is to have the ability to lets say flip a switch and instead of having just cruse control but to to have the car keep its self between the lines. Manley for long strait roads. You cant remove the wheel for you still need it for general driving. but that did cross my mind but why use more hardware thats already there and connected and nicely stored away for you? | |
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03-04-2008, 05:25 PM
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Friends: 5 | Re: power steering hacking i found this: http://techno-fandom.org/~hobbit/car...ng/800/eps.jpg on this forum: http://priuschat.com/forums/prius-te...ing-prius.html i'll see what else i can find. you do know that the lexus LS has a system like this. It's lane assist. I think it's available in europe but not the u.s. |
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03-04-2008, 05:27 PM
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Friends: 5 | Re: power steering hacking what if you could attach something to that nylon drive gear.. like another drive that's switchable? |
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03-04-2008, 05:33 PM
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03-04-2008, 08:18 PM
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| SuperMID designer  Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Yokohama, JAPAN
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Friends: 8 | Re: power steering hacking Hope your application will have a very good fail-safe feature, or people will be killed. Ken@Japan |
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03-04-2008, 08:23 PM
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Friends: 7 | Re: power steering hacking ooooookay......... be afraid. Be very afraid.  |
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03-04-2008, 08:26 PM
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| Tree-hugging Vegan Witch  Join Date: May 2007 Location: Grays Harbor, WA, USA
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Oh, and be sure to post video on YouTube... this is what it's for. | |
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