89red4x4yota

ok so another question...if i put the truck in gear and i have my foot on the brake and try and turn the wheel i hear all sorts of sqeeks and there are a ton of hard spots in the steering...power steering pump? new belt? what could it be. thanks guy

INFINITY

squeaks could be bushings or tie rod ends (unlubed) or ball joints. hard spots could be low fluid or bad fluid.
i would change the fluid and maybe even put some lucus PS fix in there.

89red4x4yota

i mean the squeaks are coming form the belt sounds like...any write ups on how to change the fluid? i am also getting a hum from the power steering

89red4x4yota

anyone?

n4ynu1010

Sounds like you may need to tighten the PS Belt and or relace it , slipping belt would cause squeaks from belt and hard spots as the belt is slipping and pump not turning .
ATF Dexron 2 or better should be in PS Pump , flush - disconnect return line (low pressure) hose and either turn it into a pan or do what I do and just leave return line disconnected with pan under it and put a short line to pan on Gearbox Return nipple , fill your pump just before return line inlet on pump and start her up and move the wheel a bit back and forth , watch you pump oil / ATF so you don't run it dry and flush until you get a good color on the oil coming out of gearbox and then re-connect , re-fill and done , the reason I live the return line dis-connected at gearbox yet still connected at pump is so I can purposely fill pump housing over the level of the return line and flush the old oil out of that line as well .

Hum could be low fluid level , old bad fluid or even wrong fluid , supposed to be ATF -Dexron 2 equivilent or better , tighten or replace that belt first though .

89red4x4yota

thanks n4ynu1010

naadomail

Easy way to "refresh" but not flush PS fluid is to drain the pump with a turkey baster and refill with new fluid a few times (3 for me). I did this and noticed better Pwer steering performance.