remover PS belt and my car is way too hard to turn... - Honda Prelude Forum

h22a193 · 08-19-2003, 03:16 PM

I dont see how ou guys drive without it, It is supposed to get easy once you start moving but mine dident. It was hard as crap to turn. But it certainly did pull sooooooo much hared in VTEC and in lower end! Is there anything to do to make it easier to steer without Power steering?

4bidden · 08-19-2003, 03:43 PM

Air your tires up.

h22a193 · 08-19-2003, 03:47 PM

they are aired up

prelude2005 · 08-19-2003, 03:56 PM

Then without a PS pump no; there would be no easier way to steer, it's kinda the point of the pump

yield · 08-19-2003, 04:19 PM

just wait a while - then you will get big arms and it won't be hard. parking is just a *****.

h22a193 · 08-19-2003, 06:12 PM

what happens if you have to dodge someone quick, then your screwed!

Brady92/4WS · 08-20-2003, 10:52 AM

the amount of power you are freeing up by removing the PS belt isnt worth the hastle.

Satan_SRV · 08-20-2003, 11:19 AM

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Originally posted by h22a193
what happens if you have to dodge someone quick, then your screwed!

The faster you're going, the less you need power steering...but yes it's a potential problem

ExodusFX · 08-20-2003, 11:51 AM

ROFLMAO... I used to drive a truck with no PS.

After a while you WILL get used to it and it'll be easier for you to turn the wheel. Just give it some time.

[SUB[EX] · 08-20-2003, 02:57 PM

hmmm, how much power does it actually free up? Out of curiosity.

h22a193 · 08-20-2003, 03:02 PM

I dont know about you guys but my car was fast as crap, I have a 93 VTEC, now I dont know if there any different then any other prelude but mine CERTAINLY was faster in VTEC and in low end. It dident lag any on regular driving either.

Isent the a way that when you take out the whole power steering assembly you can fell the rack with somthing to make it easier to turn?

SlowSi · 08-20-2003, 03:16 PM

^ English please.

wutangben · 08-20-2003, 07:33 PM

im pretty sure that cars that dont come with p/s from the factory aren't as hard to turn as the ones that do with the pump removed. i think there's some sort of thing that assists the non p/s cars. don't know if you can find something like that because i think they all came with p/s?

junkytri · 08-20-2003, 07:37 PM

yeah, it's called muscle

Kango · 08-20-2003, 10:33 PM

Manual steering racks are just a rack and pinion. Steering wheel turns the pinion over the rack and moves the rack back and forth. P/s needs the hydraulics to operate normally. Taking it out of the equation leads to you having to do the extra work of what the hydraulics would usually assist you in. *shrugs* Something like that.

shiftgearz · 08-20-2003, 11:16 PM

Just get pulleys

Not as much gains, but still get some good gains.

[SUB[EX] · 08-21-2003, 08:35 AM

do they allow you to remove it at the track? Or would you fail the inspection?

ExodusFX · 08-21-2003, 12:45 PM

You still pass inspections at the track with it removed. At Sac raceway you do, I know.

brendon2k · 08-22-2003, 09:14 PM

Heard of the placebo effect. From how much you are raving about this you have to be somewhat out of it. Powersteer draws very little to now power unless you are turning. Also its not that hard to turn with out power steering.

G_Loc · 08-22-2003, 09:34 PM

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Originally posted by brendon2k
its not that hard to turn with out power steering.

well, if you're used to it, its not hard.

once i had to drive a few miles w/o power steering... wow... parking really sucked, but i liked how the steering felt at speed