i want to remove my power steering

[TDS]

i have a 92 ranger 3.0. my pump has a whining sound and it leaks. id rather just tkae it off how ever i can bypass it with out the pulley there. any ideas?

 

[metalmacguyver]

you will want to replace the steering box with a manual one. If you dont, you will have a severe lack of control unless your a body builder or something. I recommend just replacing the pump.

 

[dogboy]

A whining sound in Ford power steering pumps is normal... It may not sound like it, but it is. My Ranger has done it since I bought it last April.

 

[TDS]

its leaking too. im not worried about difficulty of turning

im just trying to figure out how to bypass it. i was hoping i could put a idleing pulley in place

 

[schroader]

Just go to a pull-a-part and get one for like $40 and change it. I dont think you want to pull it off.

 

[MAKG]

You'll need to find a serpentine belt that's the right length. It won't be a stock application.

But I really do recommend keeping the power steering. You'll get greater mechanical advantage from a manual steering gear, but it may or may not be enough -- you might need a ridiculously large steering wheel, for instance.

 

[gnardoom]

its easier and probly cheaper to change it in the end, since you have to do the box as well

 

[Totalled]

its leaking too. im not worried about difficulty of turning

im just trying to figure out how to bypass it. i was hoping i could put a idleing pulley in place

Then it's whining because it's getting air in the lines...

 

[TDS]

its whining bc the pump is bad and leaks bc of it. theres no air i keep filling it

 

[BlackBII]

Just replace it man, turning a hard as hell to turn wheel gets old, fast. Trust me

 

[rangerrager]

just replace it.idk if u ever drove a car without power steering but it is a workout.trust me..just replace it