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tip for new players with power steer
amazeer - February 7th, 2010 at 08:04 PM

I learnt something today. I was doing a bit of work on my shitbox f*rd and on my test drive I have this weird ass random shudder. It turns out that you shouldn't turn the front wheels of a power steer car without the pump running. According to the internet I have to bleed the system now. Dont know if this is common knowledge or if it only affects f*rds but thought it might be a worthy FYI.


greedy53 - February 7th, 2010 at 09:35 PM

usually just turning the steering wheel will bleed the thing it takes a few but that should do the job


VWCOOL - February 7th, 2010 at 09:40 PM

Plenty of cars (and some boats!) made in the last half century have the old tin-can Saginaw pump, never heard about bleeding them...


amazeer - February 9th, 2010 at 10:07 AM

I never got around to bleeding it. A trip to work and back and its cleared itself up.