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muddybuddy

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well i finally got the truck driving. its got stock hydroboost setup, stock steering pump, and a psc box. when i turn the wheel quickly, it makes a queeking noise and stops turning, then after a second i can continue turning the wheel, or if if i turn the wheel all the way to lock, it will try to catch up. what could be causing this? bad pump? or do i need a "performance" pump to keep up with the hi-flow psc box? i know steering is slower with hydro-assist (i used to run it) but w/o it i duno why its doing that. any help woudl be great.
 
twoslo4five0 said:
did you make sure all the air was bled out???
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yea, i bled the steering for about 45min. im thinkin that it might be the pump is bad or cant keep up with the performance box, but i duno??
 
I think you need a performance pump. My brother has the agr box and superpump (rockram not installed yet) and he can turn his 46's really easy.
 
muddermilitia said:
I think you need a performance pump. My brother has the agr box and superpump (rockram not installed yet) and he can turn his 46's really easy.
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im not trying to hijack this thread but, does the agr box/superpump change the ratio?:doah: ...ive always wanted a tighter ratio...basically because its my daily driver.
 
shaun89 said:
im not trying to hijack this thread but, does the agr box/superpump change the ratio?:doah: ...ive always wanted a tighter ratio...basically because its my daily driver.
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A tighter ratio will only make for faster steering-less power and wont decrease you turning radius... If you want to turn better you can move the stops on your axles some but best bet is to go crossover...:wink1:
 
Any chance the steering box is loose or the frame is cracked? Either could cause a loss of effort in one or both directions.
 
nvrenuf said:
Any chance the steering box is loose or the frame is cracked? Either could cause a loss of effort in one or both directions.
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the frame has been cracked and it was welded up. now that i think about it, it did have a little hesitation, and the belt would squeek if i turned too fast. the box is on tight. so a cracked frame could cause that? i guess ill have to have my buddy weld up that area more:mad:
 
Are you running hydroboost and hydro-assist then?

I've got hydroboost and I've been researching hydro-assist. It is basically hit and miss whether you can get away with both. The problem is that hydroboost loves pressure and hydro-assist loves flow. The hydro-boost unit can limit the flow causing the ram to not actuate properly.

You need to either split out the systems with 2 pumps (that's my plan right now) or have your hydroboost "high-flowed" by Vanco. That runs about $280.

Here are some threads on Pirate where I got some of my info:
http://pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=587175&highlight=hydroboost+assist
http://pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=571593&highlight=hydroboost+assist
http://pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=571361&highlight=hydroboost+assist
http://pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=498434&highlight=hydroboost+assist
 
nope right now its just regular cross-over w/o assist, thats what i dont understand.:confused:
 
The only thing I can figure is air in the system. When I installed the crossover this winter is seems like it took a long time for the system to settle in. I had to drive it around several times before all of the noise from the pump disappeared. Is the fluid still pretty foamy?

Seems like somewhere I saw a pretty detailed description of bleeding a power steering system. I remember something about spinning the pump in the reverse direction by hand. You might pull the belt and try that a little bit, IIRC that helped mine. :dunno: Sorry I don't remember better, I've slept since then. :)

Are your return lines tee'd together? When you say stock pump, I don't know if you mean stock original for your truck w/o hydroboost, or stock hydroboost pump.
 
its the stock hydro-boost pump (6.2 diesel). i may end up just getting the psc pump to go with it.

jay, thats the same writeup i looked at before bleeding it so i duno.
 
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