Arggh my power steering last week started to squeak on moan so i added fluid it shut up for awhile now it has come back and has plenty of fluid but MOANS and leaks like a **** wherever i park it it leaves small puddle of power steering fluid and is starting to cover the entire bottom of my car in power steering fluid.... I cannot locate the leak are there any trouble spots u guys know of? Im in no mood to buy a buy a new unit 300 dollars.

IM an not very far away from just the whole ps system...

 

done that to two of them already!

 

Try replacing the front seal for the leak. As far as the nise the bearing may be gone. Provably needs replacing. If you do away with the system I'll be interested in buying the pulley.

 

Junk that P/S pump completely along with the lines. I prefer running a GSL steeering box w/o the power streering pump THAN a non-GSL steering box.

 

update: well tonight my dad and I trashed the WHOLE A/C system to get to the ps pump easier were considering taking it out , we found the leaks so the pump is bad.. If anyone wants the air conditioner linesi got them.

 

I haven't actually experienced the power steering in the first gens, but I know I love my car without it.

 

I have both systems and I can assure you the non assisted is great, but if you use the non power steering box, do the tightening per the FAQ tutorial

 

out of curiousity, whats the difference?

 

the power box has a faster turning ratio, which is better imho.
I run a 1st gen power steering pump that I rebuilt with a mazda oem rebuild kit that I got from mazdatrix. I have NO leaks or sqeaks at all.

 

is it hard to rebuild? how much did it cost u?

 

It was pretty straight forward...take it all apart and replace all non metal parts, which is only like 6 or so O-rings and several seals. Make sure to get a mazda workshop manual, if you dont already have one... it has the pump assembly drawing which really makes it easy. I'm sure someone can scan the page for you if needed. I think it was around $60

 

get rid of it.