i drive: 2000 honda accord coupe ex V6

my current problem is that my car is very hard to steer... the steering wheel is really stiff.... can it be from unbalanced tires, worn out power steering, or heavy wheels?


recently when i have bought this car, it came with falken 18 inch rims with 3 toyo tires and one hankook tire on the front driver side.


what may be the problem?

 

maybe power steering pump took a crap on you

 

thats wat i was thinking... but i was also thinking, can it be possible that my wheels are too heavy?

 

with P/S, 18s arent going to make turning your wheel harder. it might just be your P/S taking a crap on you. did you check the P/S fluid? do you have any leaks anywhere?

 

None of these conditions will cause a loss of steering assist. Are you getting a buzz-like noise when the engine's running and you're trying to steer the car?
If you are, it's possible that the system's filter screen in the fluid reservoir has clogged and starved the pump of fluid. This is a screen type filter (Honda loves screens)* located in the vicinity of the hose which runs from the reservoir to the P/S Pump. In some year Honda's it can be removed and cleaned; in all incidents the tank can be removed and the filter can be back-flushed. Some have used gasoline as a solvent.

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*Thank GOD that they don't manufacture Submarines!

 

when i got the car which is really recent... i havent seen any leaks... and nor do i see any leaks now.

 

Can this be done in my 6G? If so, I have yet to know what my PS pump looks like, in which case I dont know which hose I need to look near in order to find the screen in order to clean it!