[brucepick]

In my car (3000 lb. Volvo, rear drive) I simply removed the belt. It's a bit heavy to steer at parking speeds but I'm OK with that. My front tires are at 52 psi; I'm sure that at 35-40 psi it would be tougher to steer.

I asked for comments before trying it. Suggestions were to get a manual rack (more of a project than I wanted) and also to 'loop' the p/s hoses. That is, the two hoses from rack to the pump, just connect them together and leave the pump out of the system. I'm sure that would make it easier but I didn't do it.

I did swap in synthetic fluid first because there will be less fluid circulation and after the belt delete the fluid might stay there a long time. The car uses ATF for the p/s system so I used Mobil 1 ATF. Suck out reservoir with turkey baster and replace. Three times, running system to mix fluid in between.