STEERING WHEEL TOO SOFT!

[alex3012red]

MY POWER STEERING IS ALL OF A SUDDEN EXTRA SOFT AT STEERING WHEEL
ANYBODY HAVE A CLUE? POWER STEERING PUMP OR STEERING BOX?
THANKS

 

[jviola]

What do you mean by soft? Loose, lots of play ect???

 

[MBRPCrazyford]

Fords are notorius for soft feel. If it got loose, ball joints, tie-rod ends. Go for a new steereing stabilizer too. That'll help

 

[jviola]

Soft Steering

Thats what I was thinking also, Try a new steering stabilizer first, Won't hurt to have a new one if you have a few miles on her.

 

[MBRPCrazyford]

yup, cheapest starting point.

 

[alex3012red]

I FORGOT TO MENTION, TWIN FABTECH STABS 1 MONTH OLD,NO PLAY ON STEERING WHEEL, BALL JOINT O.K NO PLAY, JUST VERY SOFT FEEL ON WHEEL ALL OF A SUDDEN. IN FACT I HAVE TO GRAB THE WHEEL WITH BOTH HANDS OR IT WILL GO PAST TO THE OTHER SIDE WHEN TURNING.

 

[Kleetus]

bad relief valve in the pump maybe? System overpressure? How are your brakes? Overly touchy or same?

 

[alex3012red]

BRAKES ARE THE SAME, I'LL TRY CHANGING THE PUMP, THAT'S MY CHEAPEST OPTION. THANKS FOR THE INFO EVERYBODY. I'LL CHANGE THE PUMP THIS WEEKEND AND LET YOU KNOW IF IT SOLVED MY PROBLEM, FOR NOW I'M STILL DRIVING IT EVERY DAY.

 

[Kleetus]

Have you checked the alignment? It it wants to go past center from a turn, I'm almost wondering if something shifted on you. But the comment above about changing the damper would be the first place to start. Without knowing the mileage on the truck, I'd bet that would tighten things up drastically. if it finally lost it's charge of oil/gas, it wouldn't provide any damping to steering movement.

they're what, 20 bucks? Save the pump till later. Try the cheap stuff first.

 

[02Oilburner]

I had a similar problem in my Tahoe. I could steer the truck with my pinky at any speed. It was scary on the highway. I think it was a speed senor of some kind. Sorry I cant remember excact part. When the part failed it kept the power steering real soft even at high speeds. Hope this helps.