Steering bump
 

Aloha, any help will be appreciated: I have a recently purchased 88 C4 Conv. Low miles and no leaks. Noticed that when car first started the steering is heavy. to the left I really have no issues just heavybut to the right at about a 2 o'clock position the steering almost stops as if I have some type of interference in the movement. I can force it and it will then go thru the turn and be normal. sometimes in first few minutes of operation it still sticks but after a short while it all seems to be normal and works well. the longer the trip the better it works. I am afraid to let my wife drive it (and I bought it for her) for this reason. is it a rack problem or power steering? HELP!

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It sounds to me to be a broken p/s rack when I first bought mine it didn the same thing un the rack was actually seperating and the alignment was WAY off!!! it cost me two tires and a brand new p/s rack plus money to align it[:@][:@][:@]but i should have caught it before i bought it o'well the rack i bought was $280 works great now i bought it from a guy i knew at a dealership

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i installed it when i did the motor swap, but its not too tuff to do:D

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Thanks, I had a feeling that since their were no leaks and after afew miles it was ok that the problem was in the rack itself, Aloha and Mahalo All input is appreciated.

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My family and I lived on Ohau for a while:D Hickam AFB to be exact...

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Aloha, hope you get to come back someday,

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FYI; on another forum I was given the advise of cleaning/flushing the system with mineral spirits and using a upper grade fluid. Did this three times and my steering is pretty good now saving me from replacing the unit 9 (for now). Do not know how long it will last but it seems to have worked in my case. Used fluid from Royal purple. Hope this helps someone else.

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There is a Technical Service Bulletin out from GM on the power steering being "too stiff". It is Document ID # 226311, and was last revised on Feb 24, 1994. You can access this Bulletin on www.service.gm/servlets and go from there.

mypetu39

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I saw it called 'c4 sleeping sickness' in an ad in a vette magazine. The ad was for new steering components. Probably not entirely necessary, but the steering problem was probably pretty common.