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ron820
New User | Posts: 3 | Joined: 06/06
Posted: 06/09/06
08:03 PM

I have a 1980 ford Bronco body sitting on a 1979 frame.  I have changed the power steering gear box, steering shaft, and pump.  It is 4 wheel drive with a 351m motor, a 3 inch body lift, 35 inch tires, and a locker in the rear axel.  I don't know if that has to do with my problem or not but I don't have any prower steering.  Is there anybody out there that can help me find the problem??   


 
redbeast
Enthusiast | Posts: 516 | Joined: 02/06
Posted: 06/11/06
07:31 PM

Have you checked your power steering lines ? Maybe one is pinched or blocked by an obstruction inside the power steering line. Be careful with power steering lines - there's a lot of pressure in these, and it can be very dangerous if you don't watch what your'e doing.

 

 
mudrock
User | Posts: 160 | Joined: 01/04
Posted: 06/11/06
08:08 PM

Check your high pressure line going to the steering box and make sure it is not blocked. Then bleed the system of any air. Does the pump make a lot of noise or is it not working at all? If it works intermitantly and the steering wheel kind of hops when you turn it , it is probably air in the sytem.  


 
ron820
New User | Posts: 3 | Joined: 06/06
Posted: 06/13/06
08:32 PM

I have checked everything.  All my hoses are flowing freely.  I have pressure from the pump but no power .  It doesn't make any noise when trying to turn, it has power once in awhile when I turn to the right but not allways and never to the left.  


 
ron820
New User | Posts: 3 | Joined: 06/06
Posted: 06/13/06
08:34 PM

I have run 3 quarts of power streeting fluid tru it trying to bleed it.  Still nothing.  


 
mudrock
User | Posts: 160 | Joined: 01/04
Posted: 06/13/06
09:44 PM

I had the same sort of problem on my 78 Ford Bronco. I changed the power steering pump,gearbox,tie rods,draglink etc etc. It ended up being the steering linkage. The rag joint was shot. Everything was so stiff and hard to turn I was sure it was the pump or gear box.I put in a borgeson shaft with the u-joints on it and haven't had a problem since.


Just a thought, you may have checked this already.

 

 
broncobuster
New User | Posts: 3 | Joined: 04/06
Posted: 06/20/06
09:41 AM

Went thru the same too. My problem wound up to be bad O rings in the orbital valve.  


 
FreightDog
New User | Posts: 1 | Joined: 04/08
Posted: 04/25/08
08:20 PM

I am having the same problem,  I am not familiar with the orbital valve.  Is that in the steering box?  


 
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