kruger

What up. I'm just wondering If you can simply take the belt off the power steering pump, so the car would have the same feel as a car not stock with power steering.. I'm just wondering if there would be any advese effects if I did this.

Thanks

Gunmetalef

that would not be good for your steering rack

imported_trackhack

The steering racks in power steering equiped civics is different from that of the non-power steering equiped ones. They use a different steering ratio so the ratio and therefore the effort would be different than that of a non-power steering equiped car.

I can't say that it would give your more steering feel when your driving as when the tires are rolling, the difference would be too slight to tell.

Only point taking off the power steering would be to get an arm workout in parking lots. Consider yourself lucky it's a civic if your going to do this and not a 5 ton truck.
Been there, done that. my $0.02

JetStorm

why on earth would you want to remove your power steering...???

imported_complex

horsepower y0! lol

vbphreak

do a search in honda-tech. there's a lot of people on there that has taken off their PS all together. It's not as simple as just removing the belt.

zeeman

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can't you just loop the power steering lines on the rack? B/c you need to keep power steering fluid in the rack.

imported_Cablerat

yes you can.. I did for my h22 install.
Ideally you should replace it with a no ps rack.. it's harder to steer with a PS rack not hooked up. doesn't feel as solid either.