power steering belt
09-14-2003, 10:38 AM
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last night driving home my power steering belt decided to shread its self so i drove home with no power steering but i got a good arm working out lol just wondering if this has happened to anyone else? i thought it was kinda weird shock.gif
09-14-2003, 04:27 PM
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how many miles on your tib? I have played with my car rolling, both with the engine on and off.. I did not find it all that much harder to turn the wheel except at parking speeds.
09-14-2003, 10:06 PM
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hmmm.... seems odd that the belts would go so soon.. you not get them tightened properly? My car is less than 200 from 80,000 and is also a 99.. running on the original belts still though. If the belts were loose, I could see it jumping off of the pulley and then shredding on the lip.. too tight would put a lot of stress on them... but not in six months.
09-14-2003, 10:16 PM
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I had the same problem but it was my fault, I knew it had a small tear on it, but I kept leaving it for later, till one day getting off the expressway, I lost it and almost lost control of the tibby, cause I was taking the exit at about 70mph, if it wouldn't have been for my brakes I don't know what could've happened, I went from 70 to 10 in less than a second... but the long drive home was a biatch... smile.gif
09-14-2003, 10:19 PM
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what brakes and pads do you have? I wasn't sure if cross drilled/slotted rotors were the way to go... or if a big brake kit was worth the price
09-14-2003, 10:28 PM
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