Power Steering stops working and then starts?

[RCcola55]

there is a saginaw pump made to fit that bracket but i cant remember the part number, tou do need a new pressure hose to use it thought. I still think its the box, the steering on my bronco would almost lock up when it stopped working, then start again. But with anything go the cheap route and change the fluid.

[robertf03]

maybe an inline fuel filter will catch whatever is keeping it from working.

[TMatheaus]

here lazy ass http://www.tamor.org/forums/showthre...eering&page=37

[DRAGOONRANCH]

here lazy ass http://www.tamor.org/forums/showthre...eering&page=37

What post are you referring to, as it only shows that thread to have 17 pages when I open it up.

[KrazyKarl02]

here lazy ass http://www.tamor.org/forums/showthre...eering&page=37

Sounds like his was fixed by bleeding??? I will try the turning technique tonight. My front end is open, so it is not quite the same.

[TMatheaus]

What post are you referring to, as it only shows that thread to have 17 pages when I open it up.

this one big e

http://www.tamor.org/forums/showpost...&postcount=541

the part number for a saginaw pump to mount to the factory brackets

[DRAGOONRANCH]

muy bien

[KrazyKarl02]

Got home, jacked the front end up and turned the steering wheel back and forth like 30 damn times. Then started it and turned it back and forth like another 30. Put the wheels back on, started it up and....

freaking nothing. I sat in it and tried turning the wheel, hard as hell, no power assistance. I rev'ed it up to like 2000 RPM's and tried turning it, it started working. With it rev'ed up I went back and forth like 5 times, I went back down to idle and again the suck started, no assistance.

So I guess next on the list is to try and change the pump??? I have a spare steering box from Mike's Bronco, but changing the steering box out is about as fun as punching myself repeatedly in the testicles....

Thoughts? Could it be that the pump vanes/seals are worn down and only at high RPM it generates enough pressure to work the steering box????

[tigweld]

I would think it's the pump I would disconnect the return from the box and try to flush the system real good. If you have no flow while doing this you know its the pump

[tigweld]

btw if it's a saginaw the line closest to the steering column u joint is the return

[Reckless]

get a gallon or so of cheap hydraulic oil to use as a flush

[CheapJeep]

I know you aren't locked in the front but before I started my rebuild I began to notice some lag in my power steering on the last trip. There was plenty of fluid and the belt hardly slipped but with a welded front I assumed it was the culprit for the pump going south. I overheated the saginaw pump which ruined the seals and internals. Ended up taking it to Oreilly's as a core to get a new one.

I would assume that the pump is the problem and not the steering box. Is it the same pump that has been on the Klogger all along? After research and rebuilding my steering box for hydro assist the main problem that people mentioned with steering boxes gone bad is slop in the steering from the output/pitman shaft.

[KrazyKarl02]

Pump is from a 1990 F-150, it came with the motor. It did sit outside for quite some time. Think I will try changing it with the sag pump mentioned above.

[JB]

I have not had any issues besides the initial dumbass "won't turn in the driveway" with the new pump. It really doesn't seem any better than the regular old pump, but I think it was similiar in price.

[KrazyKarl02]

I love power steering! So I put the new super secret pump on. I have the hose which will make it work, plumb everything up, go to start it and apparently the hose was made incorrectly cause the high pressure hose blew off. I dumped an assload of power steering fluid on the floor. I went ahead and took everything back apart so I could get the broken hose out. I will get a new hose manana.

Joy!