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chainsaw · 05-09-2012, 06:37 PM

Got my adaptors from captain fab, install went smooth as can be. I used a rebuilt pump and box but cant get the whinning out. Turned the wheel lock to lock 4 or 5 times with it jacked up,checked and refilled, drove it around the block a couple of times. It still makes noise when you turn and sometimes gets hard to turn. Any ideas, Thanks.

61_FL_Apache · 05-09-2012, 06:49 PM

Was this the same box and pump you had in before? If this is a new/rebuilt pump, maybe the pump is having issues.

These are usually easy to bleed.

chainsaw · 05-09-2012, 08:24 PM

It is a rebuilt pump and box,no fluid in either one since rebuild. Do you leave the pump cap on or off when turning the wheel or does it matter?
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brokenspoke · 05-09-2012, 08:26 PM

same thing happened to me ...it was a defective pump......be sure and put a inline filter inside return hose

chainsaw · 05-09-2012, 08:46 PM

What kind of filter, are you talking about just an inline gas filter
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brokenspoke · 05-09-2012, 08:58 PM

Its a small filter screen that slides inside return line

chainsaw · 05-10-2012, 02:41 PM

Sometimes its the simple things. Went one belt size smaller and it works great now.

brokenspoke · 05-10-2012, 04:14 PM

good

05-09-2012, 06:37 PM	#1
chainsaw Registered User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Carrollton tx Posts: 216	bleeding power steering Got my adaptors from captain fab, install went smooth as can be. I used a rebuilt pump and box but cant get the whinning out. Turned the wheel lock to lock 4 or 5 times with it jacked up,checked and refilled, drove it around the block a couple of times. It still makes noise when you turn and sometimes gets hard to turn. Any ideas, Thanks.

05-09-2012, 06:49 PM	#2
61_FL_Apache Who Me? Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Royal Palm Beach, FL Posts: 4,067	Re: bleeding power steering Was this the same box and pump you had in before? If this is a new/rebuilt pump, maybe the pump is having issues. These are usually easy to bleed. __________________ Steve 1997 Tahoe LT 4D 2WD (DD) 2001 Blazer 4D 2WD 1961 Apache 10 (sold) 1965 C10 Stepper (sold)

05-09-2012, 08:24 PM	#3
chainsaw Registered User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Carrollton tx Posts: 216	Re: bleeding power steering It is a rebuilt pump and box,no fluid in either one since rebuild. Do you leave the pump cap on or off when turning the wheel or does it matter? Posted via Mobile Device

05-09-2012, 08:26 PM	#4
brokenspoke Registered User Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Anderson, Texas Posts: 535	Re: bleeding power steering same thing happened to me ...it was a defective pump......be sure and put a inline filter inside return hose

05-09-2012, 08:46 PM	#5
chainsaw Registered User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Carrollton tx Posts: 216	Re: bleeding power steering What kind of filter, are you talking about just an inline gas filter Posted via Mobile Device

05-09-2012, 08:58 PM	#6
brokenspoke Registered User Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Anderson, Texas Posts: 535	Re: bleeding power steering Its a small filter screen that slides inside return line

05-10-2012, 02:41 PM	#7
chainsaw Registered User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Carrollton tx Posts: 216	Re: bleeding power steering Sometimes its the simple things. Went one belt size smaller and it works great now.

05-10-2012, 04:14 PM	#8
brokenspoke Registered User Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Anderson, Texas Posts: 535	Re: bleeding power steering good



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