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: Enough HP To Tow 20K, But Not Enough To Steer??? dube-dmax 05-17-2010, 03:14 PM So, not sure why but when parking my Dually in tight spots, the steering box just totally laggs and sometimes I can't move the steering wheel. I've tried holding the brake and giving a little gas just to raise the RPM thinking just a little more RPM will help the power steering from lagging. Is this normal with diesels? never experienced that with gas trucks. adas 05-17-2010, 03:26 PM its the POS steering system. hydrasteer I think it's called. happens and is normal in 80%+ of our trucks. confrontational 05-17-2010, 03:48 PM Flushing the whole power steering/brake system will help immensely. wreedLBZ 05-17-2010, 03:53 PM Flushing the whole power steering/brake system will help immensely. x2 KEVINL 05-17-2010, 06:08 PM x3 I haven't had much of a problem since doing this and that is with 35's kcb37 05-17-2010, 06:28 PM First thing I would ask is do you have bigger tires? Either way, what does your powersteering fluid look and smell like? Changing the fluid alone can help alot, and regularly before it goes bad will keep your ps pump lasting along time. bonz02 05-17-2010, 09:49 PM x4, it is surprising what a power steering flush will do. dube-dmax 05-18-2010, 10:06 AM damn, i can never remember my tire size, but not far from stock. when I went looking for tires i mentioned that i wanted no bigger than stock so i won't lose much torque. i'll try the fluid flush next, you guys know the best way to flush? hopefully I won't need to see a mechanic, would like to do myself. any sugestions??? wreedLBZ 05-18-2010, 10:12 AM http://www.dieselplace.com/forum/showthread.php?t=353950 confrontational 05-18-2010, 10:12 AM http://www.dieselplace.com/forum/showthread.php?t=353950 That is exactly what I did, very simple and fully cleaned out all the old fluid. I also added some of that Lucas power steering additive just because. It honestly helped quite a bit, much more than I first expected it would. wreedLBZ 05-18-2010, 10:19 AM It honestly helped quite a bit, much more than I first expected it would. x100 confrontational 05-18-2010, 11:01 AM x100 To put it more blatantly, I actually felt bad for neglecting it so long when I realized what a profound improvement was made. Makes me think the PS fluid needs to be on the same flush routine along with changing the fuel filter and such. dube-dmax 05-18-2010, 02:11 PM http://www.dieselplace.com/forum/showthread.php?t=353950 PERFECT! I'M SOLD. off to the autoparts for fuel line and a gallon of PS fluid. Thanks Guys, what a huge help this was. :) | ||