I wouldn't say there's no belt to break. The belts are turning both the generator & the pump. If one or the other is binding, then it could certainly ruin the belts. John James T Bennett wrote: > Dick -- and others -- There is something fishy here about this power > steering pump thing. Michael Bambas, the guy with the power steering > pump breaking belts has a 1955 Imperial. Hello!! For BOTH 1955 and > 1956, the power steering pump is attached to the back of the generator. > THERE IS NO BELT TO BREAK. > > UNLESS he has some kind of a jury rigged pump tacked on.... > > Jim >