Will removing 605 relay affect the whole power steer mechanism?

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04-03-2009, 01:55 AM

richmond5

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Will removing 605 relay affect the whole power steer mechanism?

After removing the 605 relay, the car drives great. It still have a certain degree of power assist but better road feel. Someone at work raised the question , will removal of 605 from the power steering mechansium , affect and stress the steering that all in a bad way?

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04-03-2009, 02:52 AM

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The only thing that gets stressed is your arms when you try to park

at slow speeds. That's why I put a bypass switch in and mounted it just under the light switch so that when I was in those kinds of situations I could activate the power steering. For 98% of my driving I just left it off. The added road feel is well worth it imho

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04-03-2009, 05:00 AM

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Eat more Wheaties. If skinny little me and my wife can do it, so can you. The feel is well worth it.

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04-03-2009, 05:03 AM

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What's strange, I never tried my car without that relay, I don't find the feel to be lacking either.. Maybe my car is different?

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04-03-2009, 06:20 AM

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The basic feel is good, especially if one campares to most USA or Japanese cars, but try it without for a few days, and you'll wonder why you didn't try it sooner.

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