OK, so I just wanted to follow up with the shaky steering situation on my
truck.
I flushed all the fluid from the system, added new fluid and let that
flush through, then I put the hose back on an filled up the system. I
tried to bleed it but I could get a good seal (and why is it so impossible
to find anyone that carries a plug for bleeding power steering units under
vacuum?)
Anyway, none of that worked. In fact, it seem to be worst.
So I started to call around for full replacements (rack and pinion, pump,
lines, etc.) When I called my local mechanic to get an estimate, he told
me to bring it by the next day (today) and he would look at it to give me
a price.
Well, this morning, I pulled out of the garage and I got the shaky
steering as I pulled out. Then, once I started driving, it was gone. So
I drove the mechanic and told him that I would keep driving it to see if
it did it again.
So far, its been fine. So it looks like a fluid flush, then sitting over
night has cured the problem!
So, that was a $900 job saved!
Eric P
"Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a rational
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Waldo Emerson
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