Power Steering Question

[Rouvld]

So today I made a U-turn and mid way during the turn I felt the steering wheel try really hard to turn the opposite I was steering, but I muscled it through. At first I though it was just a fluke thing but when I got to the next intersection to turn the steering felt different. When I got to where I was going I went to park and notice the steering was REALLY heavy, so I parked and when I got out looked in the wheel well to see if anything was stuck in it, but nothing was. On my way back to the car I noticed a belt (most likely PS belt) that was hanging from under the front of the car, I popped the hood and saw that it was just hanging on so I took it off. The belt is not snapped or anything it's just off. After driving the car the rest of the day I've come to actually like having no PS, I mean parking is a slight pain but only because I almost exclusively drive and park with one hand, ALWAYS. My question is will driving around without the belt cause any damage? I know people do PS deletes but from what I've read the remover the whole system or tie belts etc. I just want to know that if I continue to drive just without the belt will this cause potential harm to anything else. I just want to make sure because I taking it to the shop in a few week to get my AC fixed and if it indeed cause damage I'll just get it fixed while I'm there.

[dnguyen1963]

No harm at all.

[ELVA164]

Your tensioner on the power steering pump bracket probably let go. You'll be fine until you get to the shop.

[itsonlygeorge]

Do a delete. You will not regret it. No PS is between broken PS (hard) and working PS (easy).




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