hi

i found out finally that the steering stops and driveshafts have grease points you need to hit

what kind of grease should you use i have read what the fsm recommends but i dont want to buy a grease gun and what not

can i just use regular white lithium grease

 

White lithium grease would work, but IMO not for long... I would use a bearing grease of some kind. Bearing grease is MUCH thicker and stickier than white lithium grease.

Speaking of though... I need to grease mine again lol

 

Litho is what the manual recommends, but yeah...it doesn't last long. Bearing grease is better. Still, if you run through water at all you need to grease them real often. Unless, you like the traumatizing racket it makes....

BTW, there is no other way to grease the driveline unless you use a grease gun. And, litho is never used there. Moly EP on those.

 

I found antisieze compund worked better on my steering stops, it seemed to last longer, especially in the rain.

 

I greased mine with lithium maybe two months ago and still no sounds. Thats plenty long in my books.

 

For the steering stops any kind of grease will work, pretty much whatever you have in your gun at the time. I usually use an aviation grease because that's what I can "borrow" from work.

 

Can probably use anything you have around. Some good sticky greases are marine wheel bearing grease or try some waterproof bicycle wheel bearing grease or some anti-sieze compound as mentioned above.

 

thickest grease you can get

Antiseize works good, Leave a residue for quite some time.

Really if you lube them at oil change intervals most of the time they will be quiet.

I knew a fellow that worked on boilers that had some lead based lube that was thicker than peanut butter. That stuff would be just right.

 

Mmmmm.....lead. Wear the rubber glovies with that stuff. Don't need anyone goin' VanGogh....

 

I like the red grease...sometimes i use blue though too

 

Ok i need to find where the hoses are in my vehicle to connect to the thing in the middle of the pics, The thing im talking about is the piece that has 2 lines branching off of it








please help i need to fix this power steering leak



this is what it should look like but i cant find the 2 hoses in my engine bay
bucks i had to borrow your pic

thanks, this will probably be easy for any of you guys to figure out

 

come on guys i know someone can help me soon

 

http://www.ncttora.com/fsm/1990-1995...e/descript.pdf

check that link on the fsm and go to the last page explaining it i think the hoses come from the throttle valve

 

Typically run to the intake manifold and to the idle up valve, like on my 22RE below:
- http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/CheapTri...ne_Pix/12.html

 

ya i didnt see anything like that on my 3vze
anyone else if you could take a quick look at your runner would be appreciated

 

4Crawler's correct. It's an idle-up valve on the power steering pump. You're leaking fluid from it because it's bad. Buy a new one or source from the salvage yard... or plug the boss it screws to on the pump.

 

thanks abe but still aren't hoses suppose to be connected to it?

 

Check my thread: https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f116...-valve-148525/

There are two vacuum hoses that run along the left and into the intake plenum. It will be behind all the TVV/Cold Start Injector and just above the PAIR stuff. Without those lines plugged/connected you pretty much have a vacuum leak. If you take a picture of the passenger side of your motor I can show you exactly where (or if you can wait until I get home to snap a picture).

 

One hose gets air from in front of the throttle body, the other gets connected to the intake plenum. When you turn the steering wheel, that valve opens connecting both hoses together and should cause the idle speed to raise slightly to counter drag from the steering pump.
The hoses should be connected but if they are not, and are properly plugged off, there won't be much problem other than the idle speed won't raise when you turn the steering wheel.

 

so i need a new power steering pump because in your thread boostinchick they said if it is leaking then a seal is broke from the inside and mine is leaking to be exact it is the valve thats on the bottom of the 2 valves according to the pic