Steering Box Failure?
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Steering Box Failure?
So hears the deal on my 96 cc i think the steering box is going out. It was working just fine i shut if off and now it is harder to steer and will not center on a straight paved road. If anyone has experienced this problem please tell me befor i put a new box on and find out its the pump instead. Thanks Chad.
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Check your fan belt tensioner, mine was shot and giving me fits!! Thought I needed ball joints and everything else, truck would surge side to side etc.... Tensioner was so worn out the belt would start to flex before the power steering pump as I started to turn and then suddenly slip past the pulley and leave me with no powersteering!! 
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Check your fan belt tensioner, mine was shot and giving me fits!! Thought I needed ball joints and everything else, truck would surge side to side etc.... Tensioner was so worn out the belt would start to flex before the power steering pump as I started to turn and then suddenly slip past the pulley and leave me with no powersteering!!
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Oh yea and my ignition started binding up this morning. I must have pissed someone off is all i can figure.
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All the problems you have mentioned are all connected to the steering column.......maybe check everything there too.
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the Tilt bushings can cause some steering issues.
Rag joint could be all thats going bad too and causing binding.
There are also 2 u-joints too? (i forgot, might just be 1)
I'd change out your pump fluid a few times instead of just replacing the pump.
People usually overlook the pump fluid and never change it.
I run synthetic ATF in mine.
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