Electric Power Steering FIXED- READ FOR SOLUTION

I have a 2016 ram 1500 with electric power steering. 3 Mechanics quoted me at $3000+ to replace the whole rack… Didn’t do it. Theres a belt inside of the rack, it was snapped in half. None of the mechanics I talked to knew there was a belt inside this thing. The belt is only 50$. Please check your belt before replacing the whole rack unless you want to chop up atleast a thousand $$$.

Good job,and the pictures are worth a 1,000 words Bryce.
Link to the belt on Amazon.

What else is needed when changing the belt?
How hard is the job?

Found another guy on facebook who was quoted several thousand to fix his rack,and i told him to check the $50 belt out,and that's turned out to also be his problem.He says he'll make a video of replacing it when he gets the belt,hopefully he also posts it here,as i sent him a link to this thread.

OMG!!!

What a joke.

I changed my power steering fluid once a year. Happy to do it seeing this. Ill take a pump and hydro steering any day.

Just closing loop on my experience with replaceing my EPS. I tried replacing the eps drive belt first. This did not fix my issue. That was faily easy to do but wound up just being a waste of about $50 and 5 hours of my time. Next step was to find a replacement EPS Rack and Pinon. If you searched for one you know there are no cheap ones to be had. Found one at Buy Auto Parts, very expensive, but a lifetime warranty. Took about 3 hours to switch out. Return the core for a refund. No need to get the computer flashed unless you get a code MIL light. No way to know...just depends on the year and make of the replacement eps. Mine worked great. You do need to get a new front end alignment because you remove the tierod ends. Mine worked great just sucks due to the cost. Water in the eps due to a bad boot clamp caused my failure . tks.