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Old May 3, 2012 | 09:20 PM
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Steering.

Okay, heres my problem on the way home from school it felt like I lost my power steering so the first thing I toped off the fluids and restarted it tried to turn it and nothing. It is a 7.3psd 94 f250, and I was wondering what would be the best way to test and make sure it's the power steering. Or if some how it could be the gear box.
 
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Old May 4, 2012 | 08:51 AM
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Pretty rare to have a box go bad, whats the color of the fluid in the reservoir look like? I'd suck it all out, refill, run it for a minute or 2 turning from lock to lock and suck it out again 2 or 3 more times.... rinse and repeat... Worked wonders for mine.. Also discovered my belt tensioner was shot allowing the belt to slip like crazy when turning....
 
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Old May 4, 2012 | 03:50 PM
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Alright I will try that. But the reason I was wondering about the box is because it used to turn hard to the left before I lost the ability to turn right. Also if i hit a big enough pothole it will start shaking the whole truck until you stop the truck to a complete stop, then I can start going again. So if you know anything about that it would help out a lot.
 
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Old May 5, 2012 | 08:05 AM
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If it gets the death shake as we call it, could be upper n lower control arms, ball joints etc... do a search on this site and you will find all kinds of good info..
 
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