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Apr 17, 2009 | 01:30 PM

rustydailey

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Steering problems

I just replaced my steering gear box for the second time, and now I have a pulse, for lack of better word, in the steering wheel. This wasn't there before I changed the gear box out. Could this be the gear box or something else?

Apr 17, 2009 | 01:47 PM

Mike Allen

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Rusty...can you describe the pulse? Is it there all the time or when depressing the brake pedal? Does the pulse increase/decrease with engine RPM? Keep in mind the brake booster is "assisted" by the power steering pump so the issue may be there.

Apr 18, 2009 | 06:44 AM

danskool

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Interested in why you changed out your gear box? Plus a Bump.

Air?

Apr 18, 2009 | 06:55 AM

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Rusty, I know this is one of those questions, but I have to ask. I am sure you used ATF to fill the pump?

I know, but this is pretty common.

Apr 18, 2009 | 09:13 AM

rustydailey

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It doesn't matter if you are on the brakes or not. After I replaced it, I drove around to make sure that it worked. I noticed a spot that was like a dead spot. You turn the wheel there and nothing happened, but when you went past it was like over correcting. I parked the truck because I thought it might be the tires. I held the wheel in that spot and it would move back and forth. It does it either way you turn it. The origanial reason I replaced the gear box is because the pittman shaft broke. I replaced the last one because I had a lot of slop in the steering, and I checked all the steering linkages and ball joints are all good. I did replace the fluid lost with ATF. I learned that the last lime

Apr 20, 2009 | 05:06 PM

rustydailey

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Could this be caused by air in the gear box?

Apr 20, 2009 | 06:31 PM

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Air will make the PS pump howl. It won't cause the behavior that you describe.
I think your over-center sensation is caused by something wrong with the geometry on the 4" lift.
Beyond that I don't know, no education in that area.