Guys with steering problem experience...please help!!!
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Guys with steering problem experience...please help!!!
The car is a 98 Z28 M6 121K. My symptoms:
As I turn the wheel when I pull out of my driveway or at a stop light where I am turning or really at any time turning the wheel, I feel resistance in the wheel for about the first inch or two of steering wheel travel. After I get past that, the wheel frees up and turns really easy for about 1/10 of a steering wheel turn, then I get the same resistance again, and then easy to turn again. It is almost like a pulse of hard, easy, hard, easy. You get the point. It is the same whether I turn left or right. It is annoying as hell and difficult to drive/control.
Does anybody know what the problem could be? Thanks for the help.
Jay
As I turn the wheel when I pull out of my driveway or at a stop light where I am turning or really at any time turning the wheel, I feel resistance in the wheel for about the first inch or two of steering wheel travel. After I get past that, the wheel frees up and turns really easy for about 1/10 of a steering wheel turn, then I get the same resistance again, and then easy to turn again. It is almost like a pulse of hard, easy, hard, easy. You get the point. It is the same whether I turn left or right. It is annoying as hell and difficult to drive/control.
Does anybody know what the problem could be? Thanks for the help.
Jay
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Is it the original power steering pump? I'd check the fluid level, try a flush if dirty, and then question the pump itself if no improvement. My power steering pump was making some whining sounds a few months ago, but I didn't notice any resistance - a quick flush cleared up the whining.
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I changed the power steering fluid over the weekend via the turkey baster method. I put the front of the car up on jack stands and emptied the reservoir with the turkey baster, then filled it with new fluid. I started the car, turned the wheel to lock both ways and back to center, then repeated everything 3 times. I test drove the car tonight and it is much better, but I can still feel the surging a little bit. I'm guessing that the pump is just weak. If anyone has any other ideas, let me know.
I did check my coolant, and it looks like mud. I guess I will have to flush that. Should I go with green coolant instead of the red stuff? It seems like as the red gets some age on it, it starts to look like muddy water.
Jay
I did check my coolant, and it looks like mud. I guess I will have to flush that. Should I go with green coolant instead of the red stuff? It seems like as the red gets some age on it, it starts to look like muddy water.
Jay
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I changed the power steering fluid over the weekend via the turkey baster method. I put the front of the car up on jack stands and emptied the reservoir with the turkey baster, then filled it with new fluid. I started the car, turned the wheel to lock both ways and back to center, then repeated everything 3 times. I test drove the car tonight and it is much better, but I can still feel the surging a little bit. I'm guessing that the pump is just weak. If anyone has any other ideas, let me know.
I did check my coolant, and it looks like mud. I guess I will have to flush that. Should I go with green coolant instead of the red stuff? It seems like as the red gets some age on it, it starts to look like muddy water.
Jay
I did check my coolant, and it looks like mud. I guess I will have to flush that. Should I go with green coolant instead of the red stuff? It seems like as the red gets some age on it, it starts to look like muddy water.
Jay
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I changed the power steering fluid over the weekend via the turkey baster method. I put the front of the car up on jack stands and emptied the reservoir with the turkey baster, then filled it with new fluid. I started the car, turned the wheel to lock both ways and back to center, then repeated everything 3 times. I test drove the car tonight and it is much better, but I can still feel the surging a little bit. I'm guessing that the pump is just weak. If anyone has any other ideas, let me know.
I did check my coolant, and it looks like mud. I guess I will have to flush that. Should I go with green coolant instead of the red stuff? It seems like as the red gets some age on it, it starts to look like muddy water.
Jay
I did check my coolant, and it looks like mud. I guess I will have to flush that. Should I go with green coolant instead of the red stuff? It seems like as the red gets some age on it, it starts to look like muddy water.
Jay