So i took off my power steering pulley and put a smaller belt on my car and the belt is fine but when i start it it squeaks for a bit then it doesnt after warm up so will it hurt the car if i dont have the pump on and have a smaller belt?

 

well its hard to say how much additional stress its putting on the part...if the belt is smaller than stock...I wouldnt recommend leaving it on there. The reason it "squeaks" at start up but not afterwards is because of the rubber's natural property of expanding slightly when its warm...and contracts when cold.

 

okay i didnt know its just the power steering pump is a dealer part and in my state they want 500 for only half of the part. the belt is a little slimmer meaning its a 5 rib instead of 7 but the tension pulley has pressure against it. and everything spins fine the only thing i had to do was cut the lower radiator hose to make it small enough not to hit my belt

 

What is the original reason for taking it apart?

 

my motor blew and i put a new one in but my power steering pump is cracked in half so im F*** btw do you know i can get the seal that goes on the bottom of the fuel injector?

 

I would say that would be a question for your dealer...I've never had to replace those on either of my tC's so I dont honestly know if you can get that separate or not.

 

do you think that belt will work?

 

only if the tension is the same as stock...but again...I don't think it's very wise to run belt on a car it wasnt meant for. Generally bad things can happen using the wrong parts.

 

put in a manual steering rack in power steering robs you of power anyways

 

right i understand that as well as a friend of mine has a tc and did the same thing in regards to that and has had no problems

 

is it going to hurt my rack and pinion?