I'm thinking about removing just my ps belt to see whether or not I can live w/o it. Any ill effects to just removing the belt? In theory I'm planning on taking the belt off for a few weeks and either removing the system/looping the lines or putting the belt back on but chances are I'll end up running just w/o the belt for six months. Can this damage my car? TIA

 

just leave it the way it is. if you take it off you'll want it back on.

 

Unless you loop the lines, steering will be a pain.

 

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I can confirm this....

 

I haven't had my power steering belt on for over a year. It is really only a pain at super low speeds (less than 2-3mph I would say). If you have crappy tires, as in soft sidewalls, the effort will be even more, but since I don't I'm not bothered by it. People that drive my car complain and when someone two drivered my car at an auto-x event they were shocked I didn't put it back on but I've gotten use to it so I don't notice. I say got for it. Its not like it is hard to put back on.

 

hardly notice a difference while driving over 5mph. under 5mph such as when pulling into and out of parking spaces or drive ways, you have to muscle it somewhat. once i removed the ps belt, believe it or not you will notice a difference in the way the car feels, better response and a little more on the butt dyno. since then i removed my whole ps system and wouldnt think of putting it back in.

 

Why would I need to loop the lines if the pump is still in place? I only removed the belt not the pump.

Car feels like a car w/o ps, so far I'm enjoying it

 

Converge

 

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If you take it off, you'll want to loop the P/S rack and throw the P/S system away.

 

Is throwing it away part of the process? hehehe Thanks for the help guys.

 

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My thoughts exactly, except my system is still sitting in my garage (what can I say, I save everything ).

 

Can anyone give some info on who to loop the p/s system, or where to find the info?

 

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

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=462824

There are obviously a number of ways to accomplish this. I took the less complex/expensive route and simply installed a fitting at the rack and formed a reasonably sized loop with a T in the middle that could be capped-off after filling. I left some space in the loop (i.e. didn't fill the rack/loop completely to the top) to allow for some expansion and comprssion. End result was exactly what I wanted, and best of all, the total cost was only around $15.


Modified by Padawan at 1:34 PM 4/20/2003


Modified by Padawan at 4:20 PM 4/20/2003

 

If your'e gonna take off the belt, at least drain the fluid from the system - it will make it ALOT easier to turn and park. Obviously putting in a loop / breather system is the best solution, but some of us might want to leave the system in place for street or winter driving...

 

someone should re-post that thread on power steering removal...I may later...but I'm out the door...NICE weather in da burgh right now!