If you don't like your car without PS that just means your a ***** and you need to go lift weights.

 

You know the old saying "You are what you eat"? I'm going to go lift weights.

 

 

Olderguy is a badass. Very true sir, very true.

 

i have had a depowered car for a while and i love it.. it is a bit harder but driving is easier since hitting bumps no longer rapidly steers the car in various directions
Also with the AC remaining, you can get a part from mazda to allow a belt to hook to it and bam.. instant ac again


i also just looped my power steering lines after bleeding some fluid... worked like a charm

 

Maybe I should "rephase"

If your not OLD and don't like your car without PS that just means your a ***** and you need to go lift weights.

 

No, no, you're still correct.

 

I'm wondering why there are zero DIY guides on removing power steering. I can figure it out without pictorials but still it would be nice. I just need a 22mm open wrench basically to undo the bolt on top of the pump, and the rest is pretty obvious.

 

FM has a guide on there site about it.

 

I am not doing the FM depower. I have miataroadster plugs and just want to remove the pump/reservoir

 

Then delete pump, lines, cooler. Drain rack while unpluggled, loop 2 lines in the middle and install 2 plugs. Done.

 

with the miataroadster plugs you still need to loop lines instead of cutting/getting rid of all of the lines?

 

No, not if you do the FM method of de-powering your rack.

 

ok good cause i just ordered that kit, so i will follow FM's DEPOWERING way or PS Delete, same difference?

 

Do the FM method. It is much better then looping the lines.

 

there's no looping lines if you have miataroadster plugs. Stop getting this twisted. You remove the pump, the reservoir, and every single hose/line connected to them and the rack. Then plug the remaining holes with the 6 or 8 plugs they sent you. Screw removing the rack to cut the seals. Unnecessary and time-consuming. I've mastered my PS with the belt removed, it's really not that difficult at all. I drove beltless for over 2 months now. So I don't need to go as far with depowering as some of you might.

 

The advantage to pulling the seal out is even lighter steering effort. If you're manly enough to drive around with the seal still in there, go for it, but it isn't that hard to remove. It only took me an hour or so to depower mine, and 15 mins of that was spent fighting the circlip with needle nose pliers because I don't have snap ring pliers. I haven't had a chance to drive mine yet though. I would love to have a set of those plugs, but I have a welder and I'm cheap, so I just welded the existing fittings shut and used those.