I've done the power flush of the steering fluid trick and it sometimes helps.
Very carefully, jack the car up and disconnect the drain line from the rack and put the end in a bucket or drain pan. Place another line from the rack's return line into the bucket (cuts down on the mess) Put the car back on the ground and start it up. Have an assistant move the wheels back and forth while you keep the fluid topped off. Best case you get the excess crap fluid out and things work better or worst case you still have to change the rack/pump. If you do make sure the pump is matched to the rack. A pump configured for a slow ratio rack will run out of pressure/volume on a fast ratio rack and a fast ratio pump will have too much pressure/volume on a slow ratio rack. Good luck, Stefan Mullikin Portland, OR Co-Founder PNW-SDAC http://www.pnw-sdac.org 1980 Fiat X-1/9 1984 Dodge Rampage 2.2 1987 Dodge Daytona Shelby Z 1987 Shelby CSX #106 1988 Shelby CSX-T #3 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric . Sent: Friday, June 17, 2005 2:48 PM Cc: SDML Subject: Re: SD> Power steering pump or rack. second that! On 6/17/05, Marc Medina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If one or the other is bad, they should still be replaced as a pair. > That way you don't pump whatever crap is in the old part into the new one. > Thanks, > Marc Medina > http://www.geocities.com/mcm95403 <---- updated 5/31/05 > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "SDML" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, June 17, 2005 2:43 PM > Subject: SD> Power steering pump or rack. > > > > Hi All, > > > > I have a hard to steer car. The pump was low on fluid and the belt > > was > loose. The thing started steering hard so I checked it out. The car > never worked any better after tightening the belt and adding fluid. > How can I tell for sure if I have a bad pump or rack. I don't know > why, but I have a feeling it's the rack. I'd hate to put the pump in if it's the rack. > > Thanks -----------------------REMOVE-FOOTER-WHEN-REPLYING---------------------------- Questions? Visit http://www.sdml.org/ To be removed, visit http://www.sdml.org/pages/leave.html
