[Shotimes] STEERING HELP NEEDED

[Kevin & Cheryl Airth]

Al:
 I think it is a VAPS problem. I still get a little jerky feedback from the
steering wheel on cloverleaf's. How many miles on the car? Does it even have
the VAPS? I have improved but not eliminated this by fluid changes of the
P/S. What does the P/S fluid look like? All black and like syrup?
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> I got an email from a customer with a problem and I'm not sure what the
> problem is. Anyone who may have had this same problem might have some
> insight???
>
>
> Thanks for asking.   Sometimes as I start to take a corner the power
steering
> will cease to work. I can be half way through the corner when I suddenly
> am steering without power assist. It's kind of freaky sometimes. Another
> symptom would be that I can be sitting still, and if I  make a minor
steering
> input, the wheel will want to jerk back to center with a pulse, not a
> constant
> pressure. I also fell the pulse in the wheel under most kinds of steering
> input. I thought is was a bad wheel, but I've rotated the tires and have
the
> same results. Normally when a pump fails, you would hear the pump
> squeal under load. This one doesn't do that. I'm thinking it's some type
of
> valve in the system. Or maybe the power rack. If you have any idea of what
> this could be, that would be great.   Thanks,
>
>
> Al Fitz
> alfitz@alfitz.com
> SHO Parts at
> http://www.alfitz.com/sho