Power steering pump or what?

[joshjwc9]

So I'm leaving my crappy parking lot at work to grab some lunch and hit a tiny pothole. It didnt feel that bad like it did any damage until I came back to work and pulled back into the parking lot.

So now my car has major problems steering at very slow speeds and braking hard, but feels normal accelerating and at normal road speeds. And the steering wheel is very hard to move like when I'm backing up.

I'm tempted to take the city to court to pay for costs, but if it isnt much like a power steering pump it isnt worth the hassle. But if it is worse than that I'm going to court.

 

[03ghoststang]

first off check if any of the PS lines are damaged, then we can go into it being the steering rack or pump

 

[joshjwc9]

first off check if any of the PS lines are damaged, then we can go into it being the steering rack or pump

All look good my dad and I but what do we know. No leaks at all.

Also, is there a chance that it would cause an air pocket in the PS lines? If so, how would you bleed the system?

 

[03ghoststang]

All look good my dad and I but what do we know. No leaks at all.

Also, is there a chance that it would cause an air pocket in the PS lines? If so, how would you bleed the system?

is the pump resevoir low on fluid??? cause that dont seem right and yeah a pocket of air or lack of fluid can cause heavy steering

 

[joshjwc9]

is the pump resevoir low on fluid??? cause that dont seem right and yeah a pocket of air or lack of fluid can cause heavy steering

Filled it and still steering is a pain.

How can I bleed the system?
Is it just turning the steering wheel when the car is parked?

 

[urban96]

my ps pump took a crap the other night, the seal around the shaft gave out and spewed fluid all over my driveway

 

[Mike97gt]

sometimes the inner tie rod boots can hold fluid that leaked past the seals.. to check for this you can poke a tiny hole into the bottom of each inner tie rod boot and see if fluid poors out.

 

[DTNODYA]

Is the pump making any noise like a whining sound (more than the typical ford PS pump sound)?

When you added fluid, did you use transmission fluid? I don't know if it will hurt to use power steering fluid but our cars use trans. fluid in the power steering.

Just throwing some suggestions out there .....

 

[Kilgore Trout]

Changing PS fluid is a pain in the ass. Have a Jiffy Lube or something do it. Make sure they use Mobil1 synthetic ATF in there.

 

[Mike97gt]

Changing PS fluid is a pain in the ass. Have a Jiffy Lube or something do it. Make sure they use Mobil1 synthetic ATF in there.

only have somebody do it if you can watch.. many places will just have you pay for it and not do it.. Man I go around and collect those BG p/s flush kits and fuel injection and tranny flush kits from the areas where the known hacks work in my shop.. my boss will not fire them, so I just collect the kits and use them on firends cars and such.... I have seen techs sell the p/s, trans and fuel injection on a car at the same time and not do any of them.. thats 400 bucks worth of flushes.

 

[DTNODYA]

Changing PS fluid is a pain in the ass. Have a Jiffy Lube or something do it. Make sure they use Mobil1 synthetic ATF in there.

Naa man, it's not. I never posted how I ended up doing mine (made a thread, you told me your story of shooting PS fluid everywhere....) Anyway, the way I did it was; Sucked the old fluid out of the resovoir and re-filled it with new. Then drove the car for a day and repeated the process. After a few times of doing this, the fluid will get circulated and be fresh and clean. I did this on my truck too and it worked great! It is the easiest way I know of besides paying someone to do it.

That's kinda off topic but someone may find it useful.

only have somebody do it if you can watch.. many places will just have you pay for it and not do it.. Man I go around and collect those BG p/s flush kits and fuel injection and tranny flush kits from the areas where the known hacks work in my shop.. my boss will not fire them, so I just collect the kits and use them on firends cars and such.... I have seen techs sell the p/s, trans and fuel injection on a car at the same time and not do any of them.. thats 400 bucks worth of flushes.

+1

I've seen the same thing.

 

[Will Smith]

So I'm leaving my crappy parking lot at work to grab some lunch and hit a tiny pothole. It didnt feel that bad like it did any damage until I came back to work and pulled back into the parking lot.

So now my car has major problems steering at very slow speeds and braking hard, but feels normal accelerating and at normal road speeds. And the steering wheel is very hard to move like when I'm backing up.

I'm tempted to take the city to court to pay for costs, but if it isnt much like a power steering pump it isnt worth the hassle. But if it is worse than that I'm going to court.

Since u did say u hit a pot hole most ppl will overlook somethings. Check your fluid level in your power steering resovior. if that is ok check your lines mainly the high pressure line but check the low as well. if those look good next check your rack and pinion. With the pothole u hit it is possible that the seal just inside the inner tie rods could have gone bad and your leaking fluid into the boot covering the inner tie rod. u might want to check that.

 

[joshjwc9]

Since u did say u hit a pot hole most ppl will overlook somethings. Check your fluid level in your power steering resovior. if that is ok check your lines mainly the high pressure line but check the low as well. if those look good next check your rack and pinion. With the pothole u hit it is possible that the seal just inside the inner tie rods could have gone bad and your leaking fluid into the boot covering the inner tie rod. u might want to check that.

My mechanic said more than likely there is fluid inside the inner tie rod. But then when we took it for a spin he said he felt the brake master cylinder going-spongy pedal feel, and that the p/s pump is starting to go.

I dont know what it is, I have owned this GT for about a month and already have had A/C clutch idler pulley go, now the p/s and brakes.

The brake pads are fine, I thought that is what it may be except when I took off the wheel I had alot of pad left on the squeaking side.

Thanks for all your input :SNSign:

 

[joshjwc9]

only have somebody do it if you can watch.. many places will just have you pay for it and not do it.. Man I go around and collect those BG p/s flush kits and fuel injection and tranny flush kits from the areas where the known hacks work in my shop.. my boss will not fire them, so I just collect the kits and use them on firends cars and such.... I have seen techs sell the p/s, trans and fuel injection on a car at the same time and not do any of them.. thats 400 bucks worth of flushes.

I'm not worried about that, my dad's best friend is the mechanic who we take all of our cars to. Besides we know where he lives if something goes wrong

 

[Mike97gt]

My mechanic said more than likely there is fluid inside the inner tie rod. But then when we took it for a spin he said he felt the brake master cylinder going-spongy pedal feel, and that the p/s pump is starting to go.

I dont know what it is, I have owned this GT for about a month and already have had A/C clutch idler pulley go, now the p/s and brakes.

The brake pads are fine, I thought that is what it may be except when I took off the wheel I had alot of pad left on the squeaking side.

Thanks for all your input :SNSign:

our power assist for the brakes is supplied the power steering system... DO NOT ATTEMPT TO REPAIR THE SPONGY BRAKES UNTILL YOU FIX THE POWER STEERING... you will be tossing your money down the drain. Our cars are not equiped with a normal vacumm assist brake system your mechainc is used too, it's more like the brake system on a deisel truck.. You spongy brakes IS CAUSED BY THE P/S ISSUES..