OK so my power steering went out...AGAIN....do more of you have this same problem? And is there any alternative heavier duty pump that is compatible with our trucks?

 

not yet... do you do a lot of doughnuts or tight turning? i have burned up a lot of pumps on other vehicals, but what i have found is never hold it on full lock for any more than a split second and havent lost one since

 

bummer. how many miles did you get out of the last one? I usually flush my p/s fluid when I do the coolant.

 

Yeah i don't normally go all the way with the steering...but i did once this past weekend and did a donut..haha...uhm...it'd been about 35,000 miles since my last one...which lasted me about 30-35k miles too. I mainly do street driving...but i think i'm going to have to treat this like a baby until next year when I plan to sell her and go HD diesel..

 

Hey man long time no see, welcome back! I haven't had any trouble with mine yet, then again I just hit 35,000 miles recently so hopefully mine doesn't follow the schedule yours has. Haven't been jumping it again have you?

 

not to thread hijack...but, how do i do a PS fluid flush? Aside from telling me to exchange the fluid, is there anything special i should know about?

I think i'm going to try this this weekend. My steering difficulty gets harder the less i steer it. That make sense? As in, if I thrust the wheel back and forth a few times, I can feel the power steering become easier. if I haven't turned the wheel in a while, it will be a bit harder. This isn't anything crazy, but I notice it and want it fixeD!

 

I never did a pump, but I did 3 racks back when I used to have a leveling kit and larger tires. Consider the weight of your bigger tires and wheels. Just going from the standard sra's to 265/75 BFG muds doubled the weight of the tires.

I had steering problems often. Once I got rid of all that stuff and left that all behind me, Ive been doing fine.