My 1978 Dodge van has power steering.Last week, coming back home from the food store store, suddenly, I had to really strong arm muscle the steering wheel.I sort of know how power steering works.Engine pulley belt drive to the power steering pump and flexible hoses to the steering gear box.
When the power steering belt broke, in hindsight now, I should have drove on to an auto parts store and bought a new belt.I didn't want to drive my van without the power steering working.This morning my sister took to me to an O'Reilly's auto parts store so I could buy a new power steering belt.(Gates belt, about $14.00 including state sales tax.The store had another belt for about $4.00 with a one year guarantee, I bought the Gates belt) Could it have resulted in any damage to the power steering unit/parts in my van if I continued to drive long enough without a power steering belt? cuhulin