So Friday night I decided to head out to the SA Honda Friday night meet, and ended up going for a wee drive with some mates. About half way down a rather infamous hills road of ours, my steering went heavy and I was unsure of the cause. Figuring a hose had busted and there wasn't much I could do on the side of the road, I continued roling to the nearest service station for some better lighting and ground to work with.

Found this:


Turns out my tensioner retaining bolt seems to not have been done up properly, and the undulating roads and bumps caused the belt to lose tension, hop off the pulley and somehow in the mess the retaining bolt dislodged itself and bounced around in my engine bay. Drove with no power steering to work the next day and home again then reattached everything nicely last night before heading out to do it all over again, glad to see I still have the ability to mess up my shit when I go hard :P