No Power Steering: Is it really that bad?

[91accord4door]

What makes you say P/S is a false sense of security?

go without it....youll see what i mean. without p/s you get a much better feel of the road...more responsive steering...therefore power steering is a false sense of security...just like anti lock brakes!

[k-mart]

Cars without power steering are great and parking is not hard....ditch the P/S.

rock on!

[accord93racer]

i want to loop the lines but what about the resevoir and high pressure line? do i leave those or cut the high pressure line? id like to get rid of the resevoir for more room...

[sirs1ayer]

get your car up to like 50 on a road
put it in nuetral
turn your car off
coast around
PS will be off so you can simulate how it will be.

[Dirty Harry]

x2.....its really not hard to remove it, the only part that needs attention are the threads down under the car.......i just cut the lines they were on and welded the insides of the nuts and made grinded them down for a cap and put thread locker on them and threaded those bitches in....other then that its a breeze to remove, do it or dont its really up to yourself......i personaly like it without it, builds muscle and more control.......

I wouldn't be surprised if some idiot tried it, turns the key back too far and forgets to put it back to "ON", gets his steering column locked and runs right off the road or into someone else.

If you try this MAKE SURE you don't go back too far. Kick your key back into the ON position right away. You should only need to back out of it long enough (one second or so) for the engine to stop rotating.

[mondojackal]

its not that bad, i removed it on my car. it takes some getting used to, and some muscle when you have to turn it from lock to lock or something like that.
personally, as far as handling goes, i preferred it over having power steering. you have a better control over it (IMO) and it's less twitchy (18s and negative camber makes for a twitchy ride at interstate speeds)

[mondojackal]

get your car up to like 50 on a road
put it in nuetral
turn your car off
coast around
PS will be off so you can simulate how it will be.

or just do the intelligent thing and pull the P/S belt off..

[uslspct]

I think you quoted the wrong guy Cipher.

[Shippo]

I weigh 100lbs and can lift barely my own body weight, but no power steering in the CB7 is no problem even to me.

[amd3dnow3]

wtf are ppl talking about, i removed p/s belt to give it a shot, ITS NOT THAT BAD AT ALLL.

[d112crzy]

as long as you have full tire pressure, its easy as hell. unless you're weaker than a 5 year old, you will be fine.

[Accord13&BA4]

as long as you have full tire pressure, its easy as hell. unless you're weaker than a 5 year old, you will be fine.

LMFAO!

...very well put.

[LinX]

Have to disagree on this one. I don't see why it's removed in the first place.