Civic EG

Wassup errbody.
i hope all is good!!
but yeah..i've heard many stories.
i understand you should switch racks and all
but why cant you just take the belt off?
thanks.

nothing happens when you take off the power steering. i have my belt off for the longest time and nothing happened. it'd be almost the same as getting fittings and eliminating the PS.

sum dude on another forum told me you will mess up ur ball joints doing that.
and that hitting a bump with fluid in ur p/s pump is bad..
just all kind of stuff.
i was just tryin 2 get insight on this matter.

this is when i had it off.
Did i have the belt in the right place??Is Everything good??

DC4rob wrote:it'd be almost the same as getting fittings and eliminating the PS.

the steering wheel will be much harder to turn than if you correctly eliminated power steering by converting to manual or installed a manual rack.

You're still forcing the fluid through the system & pump when you just take off the belt.

The power steering is not related to the suspension, so it will not wear out your ball joints.

Well is there a way i can do it without taking out the rack?

so i need a reservoir with a breather??
How can i make my own for less??

I just took the pump and belt off and that was it. Been that for about 6 years now. Had no problems. I will be converting it soon though. for the next motor.

Just some quick info, no boiljoints are worn so I don't know what the other dude is on about, maybe a noob?

Basically with your belt off, you run the risk of increasing wear and tear on the power steering motor, this is connected to the steering knuckle and steering rack and forces hydraulic fluid in a lateral manner to move your track rod and ends. however it takes a very long time for it to fuck up so you shouldn't have to worry about it. To be honest there are benefits of not having power steering, but depends on why you don't want it?

If you want the steering to be stiffer and more responsive, go out and buy yourself a DC2 steering rack and steering knuckle and have somebody fit it for you it's what I'm doing soon and it's a lot better than the standard EG/EJ steering rack and to be honest you have more feel in steering in contrast.

all the best

^^^ ThAnkZ!
jUSt been hearing alot of diffrent things.
hard to believe just anything.

no worries dude

Omega Blaze wrote:^^^ ThAnkZ!
jUSt been hearing alot of diffrent things.
hard to believe just anything.

Alright everybody! check this out..

if i take the belt off, and keep the p/s fluid filled up,

should everything be good??

Yup. But it wont be circulated through the system because you won't have the P/S pump connected.

Omega Blaze wrote:Alright everybody! check this out..

if i take the belt off, and keep the p/s fluid filled up,

should everything be good??

sdots wrote:Yup. But it wont be circulated through the system because you won't have the P/S pump connected.

Omega Blaze wrote:Alright everybody! check this out..

if i take the belt off, and keep the p/s fluid filled up,

should everything be good??

And i'm assuming the belt is wat works the pump and makes the P/S fluid circulate through the system?!