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Weird steering problem 200 1976

posted by  v8volvo on  Fri Jun 16 20:22 CST 2006
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You guys are sure right about the safety concern. I got it roadworthy and drove it 8 miles back to my place of work, and it wanted to drive off the road and go do circles in the woods the whole time. Pretty scary, especially since it pulled leftward, directly into oncoming traffic at 50 mph. I removed the power steering belt when I got back and it fixed everything. The car doesn't even need an alignment; it goes straight down the road.

So that establishes that the problem definitely lies in the power assist...and unfortunately, it doesn't seem like something that could be adjusted. I think the rack is just shot, I mean, even if I could get rid of the pulling the steering is still so light that you have absolutely no road feel at all, and the power steering pump was really dragging the engine down. The steering isn't even all that heavy with the power assist disconnected, so my inclination, rather than buying a new rack, is to just drive it like it is, with the power steering disabled. I prefer manual steering anyway (used to it on my Rabbit), for its road feel. Am I going to damage anything by just driving it with the belt removed?






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