The other day I was sitting in my car watching youtube waiting for laundry to get done at the laundromat. When suddenly the car made an ear piercing metal on metal noise like nails on a chalkboard. it took me a while to figure out the power steering pump had seized and i used a knife to cut the belt to make the noise stop.
I was wondering , since the power steering has been inop for a long time and the pump seized from no lubricant is it ok to just keep driving like this? The pump doesn't do anything else right?
I almost want to make the belt for the ac and alternator shorter and bypass the ac compressor because it's also spinning uselessly and doesn't work anyway. If the ac compressor seizes I won't be able to cut the belt like i did in this case because i'd loose the alternator.
I was wondering , since the power steering has been inop for a long time and the pump seized from no lubricant is it ok to just keep driving like this? The pump doesn't do anything else right?
I almost want to make the belt for the ac and alternator shorter and bypass the ac compressor because it's also spinning uselessly and doesn't work anyway. If the ac compressor seizes I won't be able to cut the belt like i did in this case because i'd loose the alternator.
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