Would an 83 2+2 be too hard to drive with the power steering removed? I know it would make a big difference but how much? Does anyone have experience with this?

 

If you're just taking the belt off the pump yeah it'll be a bitch. It's not like driving a car that never had power steering.

 

easiest way to find out would be to take the belt off, i did on my 82 and it would take some getting used to, i put the belt back on.

 

You gotta remove the entire power steering system, just taking the belt off doesn't tell you anything.

 

oh didn't realize he wanted to put in a manual steering rack in

 

that's the only way to do it, or you'll end up putting the belt back on like you did

 

ya and the only reason i had the belt off was because autozone gave me the wrong size

 

lol aye that'll happen.

 

just another question on the steering system. is replacing the rack and pinion extremely difficult on these cars?

 

If converting to manual rack... not very (as long as you know what you are doing).

 

well i was contemplating taking the power steering off b/c of a leak and to save jus a lil bit of weight i know it isnt much but i was talking about the actual ps rack and pinion cuz its got a lot of play in the wheel turning to the left

 

You'd lose a grand total of prolly 6 to 7 lbs... not enough to make up for nightmare turns below 10mph (keeping the stock rack). Is the leak coming from a hose? Connection? Reservoir? Rack? Boots?

Have you checked the ball joints?

 

its a hose in a couple places...i actually took the belt off of a nissan p/u i had with 31s o nit and i drove that for a couple months and it was pretty tough i jus didnt know if it would be as bad since the tires are way smaller

 

just replace the how its easy. you can even try some stop leak, it works if its a small leak usually. but i would do something fast cause if you keep runing the pump out of fluid or low on fluid it will die

 

its not that bad yet its a slow leak and plus it isnt even on the road yet