[Shop-talk] Follow up on the shaky steering

[eric at megageek.com]

OK, so I just wanted to follow up with the shaky steering situation on my 
truck.

I flushed all the fluid from the system, added new fluid and let that 
flush through, then I put the hose back on an filled up the system.  I 
tried to bleed it but I could get a good seal (and why is it so impossible 
to find anyone that carries a plug for bleeding power steering units under 
vacuum?) 
Anyway, none of that worked.  In fact, it seem to be worst.

So I started to call around for full replacements (rack and pinion, pump, 
lines, etc.)  When I called my local mechanic to get an estimate, he told 
me to bring it by the next day (today) and he would look at it to give me 
a price.

Well, this morning, I pulled out of the garage and I got the shaky 
steering as I pulled out.  Then, once I started driving, it was gone.  So 
I drove the mechanic and told him that I would keep driving it to see if 
it did it again.

So far, its been fine.  So it looks like a fluid flush, then sitting over 
night has cured the problem!

So, that was a $900 job saved!

Eric P
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