steering locks up while driving!!! please help

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Dec 15, 2010 | 09:54 PM

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steering locks up while driving!!! please help

while driving my 01 f350 on the freeway the steering locked up on me only for about one second, the second time it happen i lost the brakes as well, i replaced the hydro-booster and everything was fine for about three days, now the steering is acting up again, it feels as if i turned the truck off but i still have brakes, any ideas

Dec 15, 2010 | 10:18 PM

KoolAidMan888

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I had that happen once on my 92 7.3....... it got real tight and a day later the belt broke.... never did it again check that out

Dec 16, 2010 | 05:33 AM

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I had something like this happen too, Turned out to be a u-joint in the front end seizing up, just got worse, everyone suspected ball joints

Dec 16, 2010 | 11:51 AM

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@lari250 did you see any wear on the u-joint? @koolaidman did you replace anything else? Thanks

Dec 16, 2010 | 12:15 PM

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I had the U-joint thing also. No visible indicator they were bad. Mechanic deemed them good 3 times before he caught it when it was stuck.

Dec 16, 2010 | 02:59 PM

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The thing about losing the brakes scares me though, sounds like a hydro boost fault if you lost both at the same time. Pump?

Dec 16, 2010 | 10:26 PM

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no i just replaced the belt and it was all good after.. just check to belt make sure theres no rips tears,, make sure the groves on the under side are in good shape