Love_00_Max

With the onset of winter, my steering wheel is stiff and I have siphoned off from the reserviour and replaced it with fresh ATF. It seems to not make a difference -- can one of you pitch in if you have faced this problem before.

Mine is a 2K max with 115K miles on it!!!

dvenki

1) check PS reservior level
2) raise front end and do lock of steering wheel and check for leakage (do not exceed 5 sec in lock condition)
3) check for leaks from steering rack

NisTech

There is a steering rack bolt adjuster. You can adjust that but if you don't have much experience with it i suggest not tempering with it. Loosen it too much and it will leak. It's half way in the middle of the rack facing the rear of the vehicle. I t's a bigger size. Around a 24 or so. And you need to use a wrench But yes it can be done.

Love_00_Max

Looks like my PS pump is shot (slow death) and needs replacement. How many of the forumers have actually had to replace them and at what mileage?