Cascade Crew

Dewey316 · Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 6:32 pm Post subject: Got a workout today...

When the power steering pump tossed its belt on the way to work. Making our cars turn without power steering is not so easy, especialy trying to get it into a parking spot.

Anyway, that was my day so far...I will probably just drive to Jeep tomorrow, and put a new belt on there on Monday, hopefully the belt just broke, and something else didn't break.

--John

GREG DAVIDSON · Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 6:36 pm Post subject:

ah just dump the clutch and turn with the rear wheels !! Laughing

iansane · Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 6:51 pm Post subject:

Shatty. I luckily have never thrown/broken a belt. *knock on wood* Hope it stays that way!

How are the brakes treating you?

Dewey316 · Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 7:00 pm Post subject:

Brakes are doing great. They dust a LOT. Tons of stopping power. lol, just the other day, I had to really grab them on the freeway to avoid a car who randomly descided they wanted to share a lane with me. Actualy locked up for a second until I backed off the pressure a little. At this was at 75mph. Very Happy

Al Hasse · Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 8:27 pm Post subject:

Fortunately, you don't have the serpentine setup anymore, otherwise you could have been without everything else too.

Quasi-Traction · Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 9:57 pm Post subject:

V-belts FTW!

Twilightoptics · Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2008 11:23 am Post subject:

I'm glad I don't toss PS belts at 6K anymore.

When you hit the end of the track at PIR and need to make that sharp turn... and realize there's no power!

izcain · Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 8:50 am Post subject:

been there and have done that! Of course the one belt broke and it ripped the alternator belt off as well and whats that.... oh yea...... no water pump so it all overheated when slowing down to turn lol!!!! electric water pump doesnt worry about the belt now though!

Dewey316 · Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 10:03 am Post subject:

Well, I actualy got a chance to look at it yesterday... It didn't just toss the belt, the entire bracket ripped apart (luckily no studs broken in the head), so I am going to order up one of the summit PS pump brackets. So now ti won't be fixed until I get parts....fun, fun.

--John

Quasi-Traction · Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 10:56 am Post subject:

I have a Manual Steering Box out of an S-10 you could have for cheap!

Laughing

I keed, I keed.....