Title: Power Steering
Post by: Bentley boy on April 15, 2008, 01:31:56 pm
Hope you guy's can help me with this ;D
My Focus has got a problem with the power steering in that the steering keeps going heavy :'( it's driveable but not as much fun as normal :(
I changed the PS pump & bleed the system fully but I'm sure air is getting in somewhere, the strange thing is the fluid does not leak so to my mind the air can't be getting in through the high pressure section (or could it?)
I was recently working on the front end where I moved the rack a few times when it was jacked up, when I finished I took it for a test & low & behold the steering was great :) this lasted for nearly a week until it went heavier again :'(
Any ideas ? Steering rack,hoses, pump :o
Thanks
My Focus has got a problem with the power steering in that the steering keeps going heavy :'( it's driveable but not as much fun as normal :(
I changed the PS pump & bleed the system fully but I'm sure air is getting in somewhere, the strange thing is the fluid does not leak so to my mind the air can't be getting in through the high pressure section (or could it?)
I was recently working on the front end where I moved the rack a few times when it was jacked up, when I finished I took it for a test & low & behold the steering was great :) this lasted for nearly a week until it went heavier again :'(
Any ideas ? Steering rack,hoses, pump :o
Thanks
Title: Re: Power Steering
Post by: nickliv on April 15, 2008, 02:59:36 pm
Hi BB
Hoses would be my guess, hoses can go soft over time, and close up particularly when they're bent, and as you said that the steering was better after you'd moved the rack suggests that the hoses might have gone 'round' again after being moved. Moving the rack, which is a solid lump of tin shouldn't bother it.
Try posting this on one of the ford forums as well, or on www.ppcmag.co.uk/forums I've found the PPC guys to be a most helpful and knowledgeable bunch.
Hoses would be my guess, hoses can go soft over time, and close up particularly when they're bent, and as you said that the steering was better after you'd moved the rack suggests that the hoses might have gone 'round' again after being moved. Moving the rack, which is a solid lump of tin shouldn't bother it.
Try posting this on one of the ford forums as well, or on www.ppcmag.co.uk/forums I've found the PPC guys to be a most helpful and knowledgeable bunch.
Title: Re: Power Steering
Post by: Bentley boy on April 16, 2008, 12:37:26 pm
Thanks Nikliv
Thanks for the reply!
I'll put some new hoses on & hope for the best :)
Thanks for the reply!
I'll put some new hoses on & hope for the best :)
Title: Re: Power Steering
Post by: nickliv on April 16, 2008, 12:41:21 pm
I've just posted your question on PPC too.
They've had problems with spam recently, so you might not be able to register, but keep an eye on it here
http://www.ppcmag.co.uk/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=5021
All the best
Nick
They've had problems with spam recently, so you might not be able to register, but keep an eye on it here
http://www.ppcmag.co.uk/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=5021
All the best
Nick
Title: Re: Power Steering
Post by: nickliv on April 16, 2008, 03:20:09 pm
BB. Here's their suggestion;-
internally collapsing hoses or dodgy pump possibly....
is he sure the drive belt isnt slipping/pulley loose on shaft?
internally collapsing hoses or dodgy pump possibly....
is he sure the drive belt isnt slipping/pulley loose on shaft?
Title: Re: Power Steering
Post by: Bentley boy on April 17, 2008, 12:37:01 pm
Thanks for posting that :) If you're around in June I'll certainly buy you a beer.
I guess they must mean the rubber supply or return hoses & not the metal high pressure one's? if that works I'll buy you a crate of beer ;D ;D
I guess they must mean the rubber supply or return hoses & not the metal high pressure one's? if that works I'll buy you a crate of beer ;D ;D
