Nick-7

I have an 84' gsl-se and I was wondering if I should keep my power steering or not. My power steering pump is not working and I guess you can say I don't want to waste the money to buy a new one. It's fine with me if I don't have power steering, but I don't know if its fine with the car. Should I take the air pump off and how do I take the rest of the emission crap off.

rx7 Nut

My gsl-se came with no power steering and I think its great. I've had power steering before(not in a 7 though) and the feed back of exactly what the tires are doing is very vague compared to my rx. The only thing that sucks is parallel parking, cause its a workout.

error402

No ps on my 83 gsl. I agree with rx7 Nut. I actually "feel" the road, but you're asking for a work out when the car is moving very slowly.

MAZMAN

if he's not going for power steering,doesnt he need a different steering rack???
i believe the s.rack is different to a non power steering rack.

cjf

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yeah, I "think" the rack is different as well as the turning rate on the steering wheel. I don't know if it is bad for the car to use it with out the power steering working or not, but I know of one guy whose p/s stopped a long tome ago and he just never did anything with it...don't know....cjf

smnc

Yeah, the non-ps box is like 1 1/2 turns less from lock to lock, so it's a little harder to turn, but I find it easier to drive. My -SE had power steering but I felt the steering was vague enough without ps-lag, so I disconnected the pump and it still works fine. And yes, parrallel parking is a pain. Gives you a good upper body workout tho

-Spencer

FuLLsMoKe

i have a GS w/o ps, and i like it... as mentioned above, you really can feel the road--not the vague stuff ps will give ya...

find an empty parking lot---a big one w/o stuff to crash into--then give enuf speed and turn sharp. you will lose control but will be able to feel how the steering wheel will whip around, i feel that there is more room for controlling your car when you drift cuz you can FEEL everything

eddierotary

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if you don't want to keep the power steering, you have to change the steering boxfor a non pwer steering one. is a pain in the *** to steer a pwer steering gear box without power steering.

cpt_gloval

iTrader: (1)

i don't have PS i my GSL, and it's not that bad to turn the wheel when going slow/stopped. just a little extra effort. it gets a lot worse when the tires are low.

guru

Quite a few people hunt down ps racks and then run them without the pump, it is supposed to be a happy medium between the sterring box and the ps. My 2 cents

Guru

Nick-7

I guess I will take it off. From the looks of the pump it looks pretty haevy, I might be able to shed a few pounds. So far I have taken the airconditioning off now I will take the power steering off and later I will take the emssions stuff off. I would like to prepare the car so that I might be able to compete in Solo 2. I don't know if trying to save wait will put me in another class or not, I havn't been able to get my hands on a rule book.

Condores

Hey,

I maybe interested in taking the power steering parts off your hands… that is if the price is right and things are within reasonable state of fixing-up.

Let me know…

Nick-7

The only thing I would get rid of if I deffinately took it off would be the pump. I would like to leave all the other lines so if in case I decided I would rather have power steering than I could buy a new pump. The pump doesn't look like it has a pulley. The pumps shaft looks like it broke off or something. I'll try and get in touch with you if I decide to toss it. Thanks for the offer.

RotorMotorDriver

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Didnt GSL's come without power steering to begin with?

APT CSVT

My GSL leaked when I got it so I took of the belt. My SE leaked when I bought it even more, every 200 miles (3 days) I'd have to add some. So, I took the belt off. It's great for everything but mall parking. No problem autocrossing either.