Hey guys, my power steering pump is going bad and i'm way too cheap to replcae it. i took off the belt and it is super hard to turn. im not a wuss either, im 6ft 200 lbs but sheesh is it hard to turn. if i use the kit to remove it (comes with a reservoir and a breather) will it be any easier? im thinking its because there is pressure in the lines... LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE DONE THIS

PS; please dont tell me to get a non-ps rack, my civic is right hand drive and i cannot find one! thanks

 

When you removed the belt, you disconnected the power steering pump from the main pulley. So you power steering is disabled. When you can fix the pump(if you want power steering) you will have to replace it. But until do it will always be hard to turn. That is the nature of no PS.

 

hard to turn?? its a Civic! I have a civic with no power steering and that thing is so light and easy to turn. I love not having power steering in the civic. That things makes U turns like no other...lol..

 

yeah my friend had an EK HB (power nothing except windows) and hes skinny as hell but it wasn't hard for him. He's like 5'11 100 lbs hahah :]

 

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if it's to hard for you to turn try getting the car to role first before you start to turn.
i have a 95ex coup same thing as you i just cut the belt and i LOVE it without PS
my neighbor (23 years old 110 lb female) don't even have PS.
come on it's a civic not a F150 it's not that hard
good luck

 

dude, search.

there is a thread that talks all about this, yes your right, its hard cuz of the pressure in the lines.

ill try to find the thread for ya, it tell ya how to make it a manual rack. ive done it and yeah it makes it a lot easier to turn. lots.

 

here we go, simply search. top three that i found. good luck

http://accordinglydone.com/for...ering

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=184202

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=563116

 

Is there any long term effects of driving without removing PS the right way? Like if you didnt use a breather or anything to relieve the pressure, just removed some of the lines and the pump, would it damage anything?

 

i would'nt think so. should be fine, i had a sohc that did not have a breather, had it for a few years w/o any issues

 

ok i did search but i got conflicting answers (do you really think i wouldnt search first?). so today i added a reservoir with a breather and it is WAY easier now. there was a ton of pressure in the lines without any breather for the pressure to escape. there are so many conflicting threads on this... and to the guy who says "come on, it's easy my neighbor does it..." = it is not the same as a non power steering rack and pinion. there is no air escape for the system (its fluid assisted!). as i said, i am over 6ft and over 200lbs, im not a little guy (or a wimp, i work in construction!) but i knew it couldnt be that bad. my ef w/out ps is SO much easier. anyway the breather made all the difference in the world. thanks for the help though guys.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by saveacivic &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">ok i did search but i got conflicting answers (do you really think i wouldnt search first?). so today i added a reservoir with a breather and it is WAY easier now. there was a ton of pressure in the lines without any breather for the pressure to escape. there are so many conflicting threads on this... and to the guy who says "come on, it's easy my neighbor does it..." = it is not the same as a non power steering rack and pinion. there is no air escape for the system (its fluid assisted!). as i said, i am over 6ft and over 200lbs, im not a little guy (or a wimp, i work in construction!) but i knew it couldnt be that bad. my ef w/out ps is SO much easier. anyway the breather made all the difference in the world. thanks for the help though guys. </TD></TR></TABLE>

wait you added a reservoir???

that secound link i posted is best.

loop the lines and add a breather. dont need the reservoir, clean up the bay a bit.
i agree with you, its not easy to turn w/ the ps rack, its a bitch untill you start moving.

 

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if it's to hard for you to turn try getting the car to role first before you start to turn.
i have a 95ex coup same thing as you i just cut the belt and i LOVE it without PS
my neighbor (23 years old 110 lb female) don't even have PS.
come on it's a civic not a F150 it's not that hard
good luck</TD></TR></TABLE>

Got any pictures of your 110lb 23 year old neighbor?

 

and thco7, great links. thanks for the help, id this was d-series.org i'd rep ya. wish i had that before...

 

added the reservoir, yes, WAAAAY EASIER

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by saveacivic &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">ok i did search but i got conflicting answers (do you really think i wouldn't search first?). so today i added a reservoir with a breather and it is WAY easier now. there was a ton of pressure in the lines without any breather for the pressure to escape. there are so many conflicting threads on this... and to the guy who says "come on, it's easy my neighbor does it..." = it is not the same as a non power steering rack and pinion. there is no air escape for the system (its fluid assisted!). as i said, i am over 6ft and over 200lbs, im not a little guy (or a wimp, i work in construction!) but i knew it couldnt be that bad. my ef w/out ps is SO much easier. anyway the breather made all the difference in the world. thanks for the help though guys. </TD></TR></TABLE>

and yea both of them are original PS racks. if it's hard to turn that's cool i have never had that problem. like i said <TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 95jeremie &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

if it's to hard for you to turn try getting the car to role first before you start to turn.
i have a 95ex coup same thing as you i just cut the belt and i LOVE it without PS
good luck</TD></TR></TABLE>