Steering Wheel Hard
Steering Wheel Hard
Hey guys, my steering wheel on my car has been feeling hard since I bought it which now has been about 3 weeks or so. I thought that since the car has been sitting in the garage for some time driving it might free it up it hasn't. My tire pressure (I checked) are at 34 which is 2 higher than recommended i believe. Also had my mechanics and Nissan did a through check of suspensions parts which both said were fine. I am thinking about doing a power steering flush but any idea on what else it might be or is the flush is what's really needed?
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# of miles on the car will help.
Changing strut mounts (if you do it replace the boots) really did the trick on my hard steering. Check the ball joints to be sure it is not torn.
Power steering flush will help...Purging the PS of old fluid is real simple. This is what I do every 30K miles and never had a PS issue, no leaks, no pump/rack failures no nothing.
1) Drain the reservoir and unplug the return line connected to the reservoir and point the return line (smaller of the lines connected to reservoir, its mostly a 3/8") to a empty gallon jug.
2) Raise the front of the vehicle and do steering locks with the ignition key in ACC (to power the pump but not make it run) and then turn the steering wheel left and right till no fluid comes off the return line.
3) Reconnect the return line and fill the reservoir with fresh fluid and do steering locks turning the steering wheel left and right many times till no additional fluid needs to be added to the reservoir. With the reservoir with fluid start engine and have the pump flush out all air from the system while doing steering locks left and right 5 times to purge air of the system. Top it off and you are done.
Changing strut mounts (if you do it replace the boots) really did the trick on my hard steering. Check the ball joints to be sure it is not torn.
Power steering flush will help...Purging the PS of old fluid is real simple. This is what I do every 30K miles and never had a PS issue, no leaks, no pump/rack failures no nothing.
1) Drain the reservoir and unplug the return line connected to the reservoir and point the return line (smaller of the lines connected to reservoir, its mostly a 3/8") to a empty gallon jug.
2) Raise the front of the vehicle and do steering locks with the ignition key in ACC (to power the pump but not make it run) and then turn the steering wheel left and right till no fluid comes off the return line.
3) Reconnect the return line and fill the reservoir with fresh fluid and do steering locks turning the steering wheel left and right many times till no additional fluid needs to be added to the reservoir. With the reservoir with fluid start engine and have the pump flush out all air from the system while doing steering locks left and right 5 times to purge air of the system. Top it off and you are done.
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