How "doable" is this?
I'm tired of hearing the thing whine every time I start it up and fear the day it blows up on me..
Thanks, Steve
93 Corrado SLC - disabling power steering
Mar 27, 2005
6 Replies
have the fluid flushed and refilled...should quiet it down a bit.
Well.. I'll come clean. It's not just the whine and the fact that it's going to go any day. BTW - the reason it's going on me is because I had a hose (clamp) bust on me, and I ended up having to "run it dry" for a brief period of time.
I really just want rid of power steering. I'd rather be all manual, and free up the work associated with that extra hydraulic pump.
--Steve
I'm pretty sure it's rather involved. You'd have to remove the pump and get the right belt to use w/o it plus you probably have to actually replace the steering rack with a manual one.
That's about what I figured; 'cept I thought maybe the pump could freewheel - leaving the belt in place.
But the rack part.. hmm..
Anyway, thanks for the info.
--Steve
Jim B.
No, of course the pump couldn't be a pump any longer. It'd just be a stub of a pump.
--Steve
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