Power steering delete in 03 Corolla

[MurrayRothbard]

I have the same gen corolla and am looking for a PS delete. This is all new to me.

So all your doing is changing the belt for a shorter one without the PS pulley connected? You are not draining the PS fluid, looping the lines or anything? You are doing nothing else to the PS?

All the other examples have people draining all the PS fluid as from my understanding with the fluid still there its more difficult to turn the wheel, no? Or just the lines being full of fluid still not make a difference?

[Paulbstockton6@hotmail.co]

Murry... this post is seven years old...you'll likely not get an answer from those in that discussion.
I'd suggest trying ToyotaNation.com and a search there ( only for belt size....
But, if you can remove the belt, estimate how much shorter you need it and "guess". As long as you keep the belt clean most part places will accept a return, or you could tell the parts guy you want to try one 4" shorter and try again


And, don't worry about any of the other details, i.e. removing the hoses, looping the hoses, etc...

[freebeard]

I had the same thought, but before posting I checked the prior poster's Statistics:

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So a response is possible, but there's also a Send Message button on each member's page.

[y2kbug]

I did this to my 1999 american toyota corolla and its easy to do. I needed to replace the belt soon anyway. An original size belt cost $27 at the autoparts store while the shorter belt only cost $16. My steering rack is sloppy and needs replacing but that is for another day.
Its noticeably harder to steer but not bad. We used to have an ls400 without power steering. The ls400 was harder but it drove allover the place like that for 7+ years. You had to be moving inorder to turn the steering wheel.