Hello All,

I work for a school district here in Kansas. I have a few F-250's that have been having steering problems. and they all have the same symptoms.

When taking a long slow curve, the steering wheel will jump back like 6 inches, as if the pressure is going out. like say you had the vehicle turned to about 10 oclock, the wheel would go back and forth between 10 and 11. However, you do not loose much of your turning. It just has more pressure against your hand as if the power steering goes out.

You can also do it a standing stop. Only when you turn your wheel like say to 9, you can just use a finger to hold it there and it will bounce up and down??

Im lost and have no direction to go with this. I have asked the local Dealership, and their answer was "there is something wrong with the power steering." couldn't get much more vague than that I guess.

If anyone has had this problem before, or knows what I should do to solve it, that would be great, as four of our trucks are having this problem.

I have looked for leaks, none. Checked struts, not bent. Checked tires, all brand new and balanced. Checked steering wheel mounts, all good to go... ???? Just lost...

 

Dealership sounds like a great place to lose money on this.

I would replace the oil in the PS system, either by sucking it out and refilling (multiple times) or by removing a return hose and purging it that way, while filling it.

You may have worn out pumps, too - hard to say. What are the # of miles on these trucks? Are any of the PS pumps particularly noisy?

 

It as a 2008 F_250 SuperDuty with 66,000 miles on it is the main one that is the worst. The rest are about the same mileage.

I will be more than happy to give that a shot. Another thing, We use these trucks to do a whole lot of snow plowing in the winter time and trailer hauling all summer long.

Don't know if that necessarily makes a difference.

Thanks again.

Nick