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Old 09-28-2009, 06:27 AM   #13 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by JohnnyGrey View Post
Maybe you should try to mount an A/C clutch on the power steering pump. Seems like that's the easiest way to get what you're after.
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No, not a winning recommendation; I mean this may be the 100th time I've seen "put an a/c clutch on _______" and yet I've never seen any evidence that anyone anywhere on the globe has ever done it (besides Mad Max and his switchable supercharger).

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I personally haven't bypassed a hydraulic rack by looping the lines although I understand it's been done plenty of times. I've run GM power steering without a belt for several years with no ill effect and the steering effort was only an issue at stops, and even then I quickly got used to it and it was no big deal.
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