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Skudo's first wobbly
« on: 02 June 2011, 17:54:16 »
Since i've had it..(15k miles)...it threw its first wobbly today....snapped its aux belt  :(

Luckily its water pump is cambelt driven.....and i managed with no power steering or alternator (glad the battery held out) to get me back home.....50 miles  :y
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Re: Skudo's first wobbly
« Reply #1 on: 02 June 2011, 17:57:39 »
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Since i've had it..(15k miles)...it threw its first wobbly today....snapped its aux belt  :(

Luckily its water pump is cambelt driven.....and i managed with no power steering or alternator (glad the battery held out) to get me back home.....50 miles  :y
Good job it wasn`t that one then :y
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Re: Skudo's first wobbly
« Reply #2 on: 02 June 2011, 19:06:56 »
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Since i've had it..(15k miles)...it threw its first wobbly today....snapped its aux belt  :(

Luckily its water pump is cambelt driven.....and i managed with no power steering or alternator (glad the battery held out) to get me back home.....50 miles  :y
Good job it wasn`t that one then :y

True  :)

However i dont remember cars of years ago that ive driven that didnt have power steering, being that heavy on the steering  :o I felt like i'd had a session in the gym after driving the skudo for fifty miles.
Worse car i can remember for heaving steering (with no power steering) was a Mk3 Golf GTi.

Maybe im just getting weak  ::) ;D
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Re: Skudo's first wobbly
« Reply #3 on: 02 June 2011, 22:40:46 »
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Since i've had it..(15k miles)...it threw its first wobbly today....snapped its aux belt  :(

Luckily its water pump is cambelt driven.....and i managed with no power steering or alternator (glad the battery held out) to get me back home.....50 miles  :y
Good job it wasn`t that one then :y

True  :)

However i dont remember cars of years ago that ive driven that didnt have power steering, being that heavy on the steering  :o I felt like i'd had a session in the gym after driving the skudo for fifty miles.
Worse car i can remember for heaving steering (with no power steering) was a Mk3 Golf GTi.

Maybe im just getting weak  ::) ;D


Was that because they were a steering box.... :-/ :-/
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Re: Skudo's first wobbly
« Reply #4 on: 03 June 2011, 19:46:10 »
Well.....bit more than just a broken aux belt  :(....alternator bearing seized, pulley snapped off, hence the aux belt fell off.
Oh well.....alls mended now  :y
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Re: Skudo's first wobbly
« Reply #5 on: 03 June 2011, 21:15:45 »
Quite obviously, models with power steering have a different ratio rack to those without power steering..... so a car with failed PAS pump is going to be much heaver than the equivalent model which was designed without PAS.

To further clarify, (generally speaking) a car with PAS fitted from the manufacturer will have less steering wheel turns 'lock-to-lock' than a identical model without PAS.  :y
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Re: Skudo's first wobbly
« Reply #6 on: 03 June 2011, 21:38:19 »
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Quite obviously, models with power steering have a different ratio rack to those without power steering..... so a car with failed PAS pump is going to be much heaver than the equivalent model which was designed without PAS.

To further clarify, (generally speaking) a car with PAS fitted from the manufacturer will have less steering wheel turns 'lock-to-lock' than a identical model without PAS.  :y

plus while the steering pump isn't helping, you've to turn against the fluid in the system. An Astra G  with power steering is incredibly hard to drive while its electric pump isn't running.
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Re: Skudo's first wobbly
« Reply #7 on: 05 June 2011, 01:26:41 »
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Since i've had it..(15k miles)...it threw its first wobbly today....snapped its aux belt  :(

Luckily its water pump is cambelt driven.....and i managed with no power steering or alternator (glad the battery held out) to get me back home.....50 miles  :y
My Scudo threw its aux belt yesterday (friday) lost charging and power steering  took 15 mins to work out how new belt goes on and then 5 mins and a 15mm spanner to replace  i wonder if it had anything to do with the heat?

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Re: Skudo's first wobbly
« Reply #8 on: 05 June 2011, 08:24:12 »
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Since i've had it..(15k miles)...it threw its first wobbly today....snapped its aux belt  :(

Luckily its water pump is cambelt driven.....and i managed with no power steering or alternator (glad the battery held out) to get me back home.....50 miles  :y
My Scudo threw its aux belt yesterday (friday) lost charging and power steering  took 15 mins to work out how new belt goes on and then 5 mins and a 15mm spanner to replace  i wonder if it had anything to do with the heat?

Doug
It might have been the extra strain if the belt was 'tired' and you had the a/c on. However, my belt snapped/came off coz the bearings in the alternator siezed. Apparantly, not uncommon once you get above 100k miles  ::)
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