how to tell bad P/S from lower joint?
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how to tell bad P/S from lower joint?
latently, my truck has had the sporadic steering tight/loose/tight/loose thing going on. Today going to TMS, it was fine on the highway, but when i got in the track, I couldn't even turn the wheel. I had to do a U turn 3 times (it's amazing howlost you can get when signs aren't posted), and i probably went from reverse to forrward 2 or 3 times each U turn simply because i could not get the wheel to turn far enough. But yet, other times it was perfectly fine, like when i actually went and parked.
I'm thinking this is more like a P/S pump/steering rack issue? Because it's not consistent in timing or rotations of the wheel. Seriously, I only got like 1/2 to MAYBE a full turn either way then i just ran out of muscle.
I'm thinking this is more like a P/S pump/steering rack issue? Because it's not consistent in timing or rotations of the wheel. Seriously, I only got like 1/2 to MAYBE a full turn either way then i just ran out of muscle.
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Yeah, it's probably a weak P/S Pump. If you have a jack, jack up your lower control arm (with the wheels chocked!) so that the tire is off the ground, but the control arms are still holding the weight of the truck. Then grab the top and the bottom of your tire and try to wiggle it. If it moves at all, then you have a ball joint issue. If not, it's the P/S Pump problem.
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Yeah, it's probably a weak P/S Pump. If you have a jack, jack up your lower control arm (with the wheels chocked!) so that the tire is off the ground, but the control arms are still holding the weight of the truck. Then grab the top and the bottom of your tire and try to wiggle it. If it moves at all, then you have a ball joint issue. If not, it's the P/S Pump problem.
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not the answer I wanted either. I'll just run it out till something fails long as it dont fail when i'm in a hurry to get somewhere!