In article <22599-480F545D-72@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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cuhulin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>My 1978 Dodge van has power steering.Last week, coming back home from
>the food store store, suddenly, I had to really strong arm muscle the
>steering wheel.I sort of know how power steering works.Engine pulley
>belt drive to the power steering pump and flexible hoses to the steering
>gear box.
>
>When the power steering belt broke, in hindsight now, I should have
>drove on to an auto parts store and bought a new belt.I didn't want to
>drive my van without the power steering working.This morning my sister
>took to me to an O'Reilly's auto parts store so I could buy a new power
>steering belt.(Gates belt, about $14.00 including state sales tax.The
>store had another belt for about $4.00 with a one year guarantee, I
>bought the Gates belt) Could it have resulted in any damage to the power
>steering unit/parts in my van if I continued to drive long enough
>without a power steering belt?
no damage will occur to the system because of a broken belt. It's the
same as turning the steering wheel with the engine off as far as the
power steering system is concerned.
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