Power Steering Problem

[A18A]

a proper manual steering rack would be the way to go, they're pretty light to steer compared to a power steering rack with just the belt or the pump removed

[Vanilla Sky]

http://www.flyinmiata.com/tech/depower.php

I really need to sticky that. I think I will do a real write up when I depower mine for the race car.

[Civic Accord Honda]

To be honest wit you i think u should remove the whole power steering system out your car.. Its less stress to the motor which = more power.. Better steering at high speeds and give u way better control wen drivin... The only thing thats gonna maybe gettin u tight is parrallel parking, but you'll get use to it in like 2 weeks, u wouldnt even notice its off. Trust me, i did this to my car and o'man im lovin it LOL.. If u wanna try it, jus remove the belt for now, dont like it u can put the belt back.. but i doubt after weeks u gonna want to put it back on... I threw my pump and everything in the street after a week!

this!!!!!!
3gees are great cars without power steering! just make sure if u take the belt off to test it unbolt a line too so it lets the air out otherwise it will be a bitch

[Bglad420]

Funny you guys are talking about pulling power steering. In racing they want it, and put it on cars that didn't have it. I'd love to have it on my civic.

[Dr_Snooz]

http://www.flyinmiata.com/tech/depower.php

I really need to sticky that. I think I will do a real write up when I depower mine for the race car.

Please do a write up. A car with manual steering from the factory will have MUCH lower resistance than a disabled PS unit. My 1g had a manual rack from the factory. It had a large diameter steering wheel and there was no hydraulic fluid to push through tiny apertures like in a PS rack. I never even noticed that it wasn't power. It was truly a great steering setup. By contrast, I drove my 2g for a few weeks with the PS belt off. The rack was leaking like a son of a gun and I didn't want to spend the money on a new one. It sucked. Low-speed steering was a constant fight. After a few weeks, I got sick of it and bought a new rack. Simply pulling the PS belt sounds great in theory, but practice is a different matter altogether. It's not the same as a proper manual rack.

[Civic Accord Honda]

im glad my car has a manual rack lol

[Vanilla Sky]

Funny you guys are talking about pulling power steering. In racing they want it, and put it on cars that didn't have it. I'd love to have it on my civic.

It really depends on what you're doing with the race car. Most autocrossers want it because you're not ever really moving that fast. Road racers with HUGE tires want it because they have huge tires. We don't need it all that much, because once you've stripped our cars down, there's not a hell of a lot of weight to deal with, and most people don't run 300+ width tires. I'm hoping to fit 275's under my 3gee.

[cygnus x-1]

If you're going to run the PS rack without power you need to drain the fluid and gut the valve body so it isn't pushing the fluid back and forth all the time. It also helps to take the rack apart and grease all the sliding parts so they don't wear out from lack of lubrication. I did this on my Prelude and even sitting still it's not that bad to turn the wheel. If you're moving faster than 5MPH it's easy.


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[import racer]

Well i flushed the prestone fluid out and filled with the honda fluid from bardal and it's working better.still a little stiff but i think it will get better as i drive it.Definitely better than before.

[visal911]

Hows the steering now?

[import racer]

It's just as good as it was before it screwed up,working pretty good.I was surprizwd that a compression fitting holds up in the line.

[visal911]

Thats good, good thing you flushed it soon.