Power Steering Removal

[vtracer20]

Hey i wana know waht are the correct procedures of removing the power steering from my car. I've having issues with it and i dont wana deal with it so i just wana take it out completly. And tips would help also. I have to replaces my alternator too at the same time. Tips NEEDED. Thanks

[Enes]

remove belt, remove lines going to the stearing colum, plug the lines on the stearing colum.

[illz]

Hey i wana know waht are the correct procedures of removing the power steering from my car. I've having issues with it and i dont wana deal with it so i just wana take it out completly. And tips would help also. I have to replaces my alternator too at the same time. Tips NEEDED. Thanks

my tip is not to do it. plenty of people have done it, both switching to 1.8 manual racks and running without the pump, and nobody recommends it.

[vtracer20]

okay...how about replacing the power steering pump...cause i'm leaking power steering fluid somewhere...when i looked under the car it was near the bottom of the downpipe. I'm not sure what the thing it's leaking from is called. I have a replacement PS pump and alternator i need to put it...cause my car loves to sqeek when i have my light on at night and it's coming from the power steering pump...or even alternator and both belts are tight

[carltalon]

All you have to do is remove the lines from the pump and loop them together at the rack. I've been running mine like this for over a year. It kinda sux in parking lots and tight turns but I don't mind it.

[Alpine TSi]

my tip is not to do it. plenty of people have done it, both switching to 1.8 manual racks and running without the pump, and nobody recommends it.

Absolutely nobody recommends it? Right..... Stop talking.

Do just like carl said and you will be fine. If you want a better turn to lock ratio then get the manual rack out of a 1G with the 1.8 motor in it. With looping the lines on your current rack make sure you leave fluid in it, or you will have problems.

[Jakey]

Isn't there a Vfaq on this? I thought there was but I'll be damned if I can find it.

[Goat Blower]

I've got the manual rack, works great for what I need. Less BS to get through to do the timing belt. The steering ratio is supposedly slower on the manual racks but I don't notice the difference. Be prepared to build some forearms if you don't have them already.

[vtracer20]

well u said that i have to leave fluid in the lines...what about if i'm leaking fluid in the first place...then i guess i should probably fix that before attempting this correct?

[Goat Blower]

Not in the lines, in the rack.