Ok I have this very strange problem with my teg.

When I am going around a corner and there is a lot of force (enough to cause body roll) my car makes these squeaking kinda noise that's sounds just like a hamster squealing or something along those lines. It usually only happens when there is a lot of force or when I have my wheel turned a great deal in a parking lot. I am familiar with how a car with power steering problems sounds, and although it may have something to do with power steering, it's not the same sound as I am used too. My steering is very loose, and I hear a clunky kinda sound coming from my right wheel, however when I hear the squeak noise it seems to be more from the left side I believe. Also I can "feel it" in the steering wheel as a minor vibration, also sometimes when I am going like 55 MPH+ I get a weird shaking in my steering wheel. I realize this might be several problems on top of each other, but any light you guys could shed would be greatly appreciated.

Oh BTW my car is a 1993 Integra RS w/ 80K Mi on original engine.
Thanks Guys,

 

sounds like u got a racoon in the wheel well. stick ur hand in there and check

j/k, could be ur tires off balance. that could cause a little vibration of the steering wheel. when was the last time u had your tires balance and an alignment done?

is that clunky sound coming when u turn? u might wanna check ur cv boots.

 

my car makes a lot of squeeking type of noises due to all my strut/sway/tie bars.... not sure where your squeeking is coming from though.sorry i'm no help

 

I don't think it's CV's since there is no clicking sounds (I think they are supposed to make a clicking sound if they are bad right?). Does anyone think that it's my balljoints? I have had this car in the garage and had it looked at for this problem and they said everything looks fine (Dumb f**ks).

 

I have a 1993 LS with 80K on it as well and I had the EXACT same problem, there is a good chance its your power steering pump, when you go around a corner at high speed that pump puts out a lot of pressure because its spinning faster, and it also has to deal with the pressure of turning. These pumps are not made for that if they have been normally used for 16 years or so. Open up the hood and see if you notice some oily looking stuff above the PS pump on your hood. The pump is located directly in front of your steering wheel on the exhaust side of the head. My PS mump just sprung a leak in a seal in the middle of it because of the pressure.

A good way to test this is to remove the belt and see if the sound disappears. This is essentially removing power steering, so be careful. It might also be a good idea to tape down the cap to your PS reservoir because it can over flow without the pump going. If this does fix the sound, then great!

Replacing the pump:
DO IT YOURSELF, they say to replace all the hoses and everything, but no need, just pour in some HONDA power steering fluid clog blocker or sealer or whatever after the replacement.

There are 3 bolts, one on the top which should be grey, and two on the side with their tops facing the header. Remove the two side bolts that are facing the header first, and then slowly remove the grey bolt. This will first loosen up the belt so you can remove it. Now this is the only thing holding the pump in, after the belt is removed, remove the two hoses starting with the hose with the metal fitting on the end. This is the pressure hose and should be on the top of the pump there with two tiny bolts holding it down. Then remove the hose that goes to the reservoir. And finally remove the pump the rest of the way.

With the pump gone you need to flush the system. You can do this if you have a power flusher now, if not I will tell you how to with the new pump on. Go buy a pump from an auto parts store; it will be prolly 100 or so with the return of your broken pump. It most likely will not come with a pulley on it. Remove the pulley from your old pump. This is hard to do obviously because it spins when you are trying to remove the bolt. THIS BOLT IS REVERSE THREADED, DONT MAKE THE MISTAKE I DID AND TORQUE THE BOLT IN HALF THE OTHER WAY AND HAVE TO GO DIGGING THROUGH A JUNKYARD TO FIND A REPLACEMENT BECAUSE ITS A 24 DOLLAR BOLT AT THE DEALER. After removing the pulley and re-attaching it to the new pump, re attach the pump to the head using the grey bolt as high as you can get it to make it easier to flush the system.

Flushing the system: With the new pump installed, attach the pressure hose. Then place a funnel in the hole on the pump where the tube for the reservoir goes. Have a bunch of Honda power steering fluid ready to go too. Then slowly pour the PS fluid into the funnel and begin to manually turn the pulley. The pulley rotates clockwise. I found this to be easier with a sticky rubber glove and just pushing the top of the pulley towards the back of the car. You should have a small bucket placed underneath the hose from the reservoir to catch the old PS fluid you will be pushing out. Personally I used a very small container to check the color of the fluid. The used bad fluid will be brownish, like oil or used oil. The new fluid is clear. Keep pouring and turning the pulley until the liquid comes out clear. It is a good idea to pour in the clog stopper stuff that I talked about earlier. Pour a little PS fluid in, then pour a whole bottle of the clog stopper, and then pour more fluid in. When the fluid is FINALLY clear coming out of the reservoir (it won’t be completely clear because of old residue) then hook the hose back up to the pump. Now is a tricky part.
Replacing the belt: First of all you need a new belt… its like 3 dollars, no big deal. Almost remove the grey bolt so it is barely hanging on there and insert the two side bolts and tighten them about halfway down. Then you want to place one end of the belt around the drive pulley down next to where the alternator drive pulley connects. Then loop the other end of the belt around the pulley on your PS pump. Tighten it to a certain tension found in a car manual or online somewhere. What I did was using a tension gauge I tightened it as much as the alternator belt was tightened. To tighten the belt you slowly tighten the grey bolt on the top of the PS pump. When you have reached your desired tension, tighten the two side bolts all the way down.
The last thing to do is to pour HONDA PS fluid in the reservoir a little past the full line. Then rotate the wheel all the way left and then right twice to help the fluid get everywhere in the system. Start your car. Again rotate the wheels all the way left and right and left again. Check the PS fluid level. There is a good chance it has gone way, way down, so pour it in to the proper height which is all the way to the top full line. Now you are pretty much done. Take it for a test drive, drive in complete circles either direction, accelerate through a corner either direction, come back, and check the fluid level again. Add as needed.

 

did this help?

 

Thanks so much SlamminS85, I didn't see the post till this morning, very informative. I was talking to my gf about the problem and I think the same thing. The sound seems to be coming from the left side of the car, and only under heavy turning. I will check tonight and see if there is anything that looks like it leaked out of the ps pump.

I'll let you know, and thanks again for the info

Thanks Guys,