Power Assist Woes
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Power Assist Woes
Hi everyone. Finally got my power assist cylinder, after a couple of set backs the assist is only working when steering to the passenger side, really tough to steer towards driver. I've been tuning the truck the last few weeks and had the motor running with a dry pump... did I burn my pump or just not bleed the system correctly? Any help is appreciated.
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Thanks Montana, I've been trying to follow along in the threads but still can't find the answer on how to correct it. Hoping it's the spool valve, won't know for sure until I figure out how to adjust it.
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Was this hard steering issue present prior to your cylinder install? if not, i highly doubt the control valve is at fault.
There's a lot of hose with the power assist that can trap air, i'd bleed the system again, multiple times if necessary, before tearing into the control valve.
There's a lot of hose with the power assist that can trap air, i'd bleed the system again, multiple times if necessary, before tearing into the control valve.
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Aside from steering side to side is there a proper way to bleed the system? I jacked up the front end and cycled the steering a good 15 times. Works well with the weight off the front of the tires, although I did feel a slight resistance when steering driver, but it might have been my imagination... as soon as I dropped the truck back on its tires, it was doing the same thing, easy steering to passenger really hard with no assist to driver.
I don't really have anything to compare it to, I really didn't run the truck prior to tear down. At one point I did manually steer it to the driver side to gain access to the hoses and it seemed like normal steering without power... right now it feels like the truck is fighting me when steering driver...
Not looking forward to tearing the control valve apart and the hours of trying to figure out how... any advice on specific instructions with pictures?
I don't really have anything to compare it to, I really didn't run the truck prior to tear down. At one point I did manually steer it to the driver side to gain access to the hoses and it seemed like normal steering without power... right now it feels like the truck is fighting me when steering driver...
Not looking forward to tearing the control valve apart and the hours of trying to figure out how... any advice on specific instructions with pictures?
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So you have jacked it up and cycled the steering in both directions with the engine off and there is no binding ? While running a pump dry is a bad idea, if it turns ok in one direction then it's not the problem.
When I put my cylinder on I had a hell of a time bleeding it. I ended up making up a little reservior and bench blead it. Then I unhooked it & carefully took it back to the truck and hooked the lines up, never had another problem.
When I put my cylinder on I had a hell of a time bleeding it. I ended up making up a little reservior and bench blead it. Then I unhooked it & carefully took it back to the truck and hooked the lines up, never had another problem.
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