Hey guys, just wondering if its OK to drive my car to work with the power steering belt off?? the idler pully has seized and I cant get one till tomorrow.
yes it ok, for short distances, it does place a bit of stress on things, and eat ya wheat bix, it almost impossible at low speed to turn the wheel, i know mine broke recently
Don't buy one from the wreckers, you will only have problems with it because it will be from a high km car.
Try a bearing company, they sell complete new solid metal idle pulleys for about $50 and/or just take your old pulley in and they will press in a new bearing for about $10. CBC Consolidated Bearing Company is a good place to start.
My Laser p/s belt broke many many weeks ago and I still haven't gotten around to fixing it. The steering was extremely heavy at first (about on par with a stock HQ Kingswood I once drove) but I've sort of gotten used to it.
Yeah my p/s belt kept slipping of (mainly when going over speed humps way too fast or getting airborne up carpark at uni).
But i was caused from a leaking p/s pump. So i replaced (after many fights with the g/f that it wasn't my fault it kept coming off..) The pump was causing the belt to corrode i think.
however i only have a spanner set to 22mm so i was using a shifter for the pulley (the big one). And it is now pretty shit..
Does anyone know the true size of the big nut on the p/s pulley (my guess is about 24-25mm) cause i think i should buy a seperate spaner..
oh yeah, and i had real fun driving with out the p/s belt. Resorted to drving wrong way around traffic islands to save the arms (in residential areas) a couple of times...
lol
I drove with no power steering for 3 weeks due to lack of funds, got used to it after that long. Then when I fixed it it felt so light it wasn't funny!
Had no problems what so ever (except parking at a shopping centre)
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Well i went against some of yer suggestions and got one from the wrecker. $5 and it seems to spin fine. Will see how long it will last. Oh yeah, while im at it... I cant seem to stop my alternator belt from squeeling!!! Ive tried everything!!! Ive even tried roughing up the surface with a file (belt wont like it) those damn pulleys on em are far to small!
haha i drove two weeks with out a power steering belt on my car as it kept spitting it off, id drive places where it was easy to park, it was so embarrasing people would think i didnt know how to drive! i swear id wake up with swore arms, it was torture!!!
yeh I 2nd this Mine had to be fairly tight to stop squealing! If you get a new belt tighten it up a lot more than you normally would and the new belt will stretch slightly which will ease the pressure on the bearings etc and you should be right
Driving with a busted/not functioning p/s pump is harder and worse than driving without any power steering at all.. And yes, as Martin said, you can damage the rack by driving with no p/s..
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