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My power steering is making a horrible grinding noise so I've decided that I'm going to remove it.
I've got a pretty good idea on what to do but I'm just wondering are there any do's or dont's ?
Also while I'm bothered, is there anything else I can do to improve the steering ?
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Are you removing it completely? With it making a noise its probably only the pump that's done if its been run low on fluid, handy fix if so.
Or maybe your just replacing the pump if so its only a matter of taking of the fan belt of the p/s pulley, removing the high pressure pipe and feed pipe and taking out the bolts that hold it on.
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Replacing pump is a 30min job...and maybe just a fiver for a pump!
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Don't remove it...
Have you tried parallel parking or navigating tight streets without PAS lol?
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I'm thinking of removing it completely as its not a very heavy car. Tom what are they like ? Cause I've driven older cars with very heavy steering and I didn't find them too bad. It's just making a horrible grinding noise I haven't done a anything at all with the system and I was just thinking it might be better to remove it
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It'll be fine on the road, but slow speed town or parking will be a pain.
It'll be better to chuck another pump on, its like 3 bolts and a couple of pipes...
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It's fine, but to do it properly you want to weld up the shuttle valve.
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Yeah replacing it looks easier then welding lol. I can get a new pump when I'm down in the scrappy next week or the week after. Gonna be on the hunt for something with an xud aswel so things are gonna get interesting soon
