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Old 03-08-2011, 07:56 PM
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I was driving home and all of the sudden the power steering went out while driving. There was no squeal or any noise that gave me an indication that something was going bad. I already did have a good amount of play in the steering wheel and i do have a stock pitman arm and steering stabilizer with 30 inch tires and 6 inches of lift. Please help me, this is my daily driver and it is still drivable but really hard to turn the wheel!!!
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Well, you might have blown a pressure or return hose, is the resivoir full?
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Check the reservoir.
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Check the reservoir.
i would have assumed you did this first...but you never know these days
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Well, you might have blown a pressure or return hose, is the resivoir full?
i agree, you probably have a hose that poped off...will never know till you look
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This is a huge stretch, but did you break your serpentine belt?
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