Anyone dis-connect power steering???
Just wondering if any of you started with power steering and dis-connected the pump what kind of gains you saw? When we get my wife a new Honda Fit I think I will disconnect the belt and see what gains are to be had.
******Disconnect on the 93 Civic not the Fit****** Sorry. |
Yeah I removed the belt two weeks ago. My AC isn't belted either (but the owner before me did that because there was a problem with the pulley).
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It looks like the fit has electric assist steering...
https://automobiles.honda.com/images/..._factsheet.pdf |
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We'd never try to steer you the wrong way on this. Such action could take a turn for the worse, so watch out for your pinion. :D
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*sigh*, THERE IS NO POWER STEERING PUMP OR BELT ON THE FIT!!!
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OOPS i typed that wrong. I meant I am going to disconnect the PS belt in the 93 Civic cause I will be driving that to and from work 4 days a week and take my saturn 1 day a week. I re-read what i posted and it sounded like disconnecting it on the Fit lol. |
That's ok, we had fun with it. :D
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If I were to disconnect the power steering, here is what I think I would have to do : 1 - Change my current DOHC power steering belt configuration from this : https://home.earthlink.net/~cfg83/gas...dohc_belts.jpg to this SOHC configuration : https://home.earthlink.net/~cfg83/gas...sohc_belts.jpg Since the engines are the same, the pulley are all in the same place, :) . I would have to get my hands on the belt the goes with the configuration shown above, probably from a Saturn dealer. The AC stays for the sake of other passengers. 2 - Disattach the power steering pump from the rack. I *think* I can do this because I think that the rack and pinion is the same for both cars. Leaving the pump mechanism in place would leave a ton of resistance in the steering and make it undriveable. 3 - Cross my fingers and hope my ECU/PCM doesn't get mad at me. These Saturns were sold without power steering, and my car weighs 2400 lbs, so I think that I am fine safety-wise. I prefer the road feel of manual rack and pinion anyway. This is a far-down-the-line project, though. CarloSW2 |
I recommend you search the forums at www.saturnfans.com I heard that you need a different idler pulley or something if you change belts.
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