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Did struts... now shuddering steering 200 1990

posted by  Niel on  Fri Nov 19 10:31 CST 2004
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Clearly most people did not read your original post correctly, or does not understand the problem. You've had air in the power steering rack. This is very common when you turn the wheel with the pump not running. Wheel alignment will not directly fix the problem, but in the process they raise the front end and let the car idle for some time. This will purge the air, and is the safe way of doing it. My 1988 240 was designed for the Philipines and has a cheaper rack that does not self bleed. In fact, the fluid connections are at the bottom of the rack and there is no bleeder screw! It takes only once turning the wheel to lock without the engine running to cause a dangerous shudder from the steering, and 2 weeks+ to self bleed. Most other racks self bleed very quickly.

Have fun...






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