KingpinX

before i go a head and remove the power steering question is will I be trying to turn like i was driving a 1962 cady? how much does it effect a 88 n/a?



any problems when the removed ac/power steering hardware is out of the car known issus?

Mason Rx7

62 Caddy? This is a sports car son!



However, if you remove the P/S the wrong way it will screw it up.



Tah-dah!

http://www.rx7club.com/showthread.php?t=440198



^That is the best way to depower your steering rack. Or you can always swap in a manual steering rack.

KingpinX

ty, ya i was just fixing a example i'd drove a normal car without p/s and its like driving a boat on land.

well just drove my friend's 87 rx7 without p/s its not much difference least not very noticeable time to get start on my car thanks once again

j9fd3s

take the belt off, and see what you think

spaceman Spiff

taking the belt off you are still pumping all the fluid through the system... makes it much harder.

matts86fc3s

no power steering is so much more fun to drive... you can actually "feel" the car... its great.

NoeVuh

I have taken my power steering out and just left a little bit of fluid in it and looped the lines. Its not too bad except sitting still. I have had it for about 8 months or so. However, i thought i remember someone saying something about welding a part of it so it doesn't fail, does any one know what im talking about.

drftk1d

if you can, get a manual rack

NoeVuh

Where do you buy a manual rack for it?

inanimate_object

That was me. The hydraulic part of an assisted rack has the rack in two halves seperated by a piston which is pushed by the pump. If you remove the ps, you remove the push and effectively have the piston pulling instead, which it wasn't designed for. It doesn't help that usually the piston is held to the 2 pinions by some kind of flexible material and not metal. But it should be quite easy to take the rack apart and weld the 2 halves together.



Mark