JBOND

i got the steering box on and it went good, i figured i would have some air to work out of the lines and i did the turn the wheel procedure. but now i have no power steering it was working just fine before i took the busted steering box off . what did i over look or do wrong?

koonta

I replaced a seal in my '98 and it took a lot of cranking of the wheel before it even started to bleed out.

JBOND

I cranked the wheel back and fourth one hundred times. I counted. Fifty without the motor running and fifty with.

Riflemanusmc

Just a helpful hint. Jack the front end up off the ground when you do lock to lock PS bleeding...hope this helps...

JBOND

I did that. Do I just need to do more lock to lock a few more hundred times??

93flatbed

I'd think that would of done it. How long did the pump sit with no fluid in it? I've seen veins get stuck before, on pumps that sit for a while with no fluid in them. It's a long shot but maybe your problem? Are you building any pressure?
Also an afterthought, was this your problem before you replaced the gear, or has it started with the new gear? Maybe a bad gear?
Goodluck
Justin

JBOND

it sat 2 weeks at the most . the reason for the new steering box was i broke an ear off of the old one other than that it worked fine, im stumpified

93flatbed

Two weeks would be enough time for a veine to stick, I think, I've had them at work go out sitting for a couple of days, BUT...
It's a lot of work but I'd throw the old one back on, see if it works. If so bad gear, If not then really look over your lines, they can collapse on themself's inside of the hose and you won't see a thing, it is rare though.
If all of that checks out ok then you would be looking at a pump.
Justin

JBOND

if i took the lines off the box and the pump is full fluid should drain right?
so if no fluid drains fron the pump them i have a colapsed line right?
are you calling the lines veins or are they something else?

1985cucv

blow out the old lines with air there may be garbage in them. jack up the front of the truck start it turn wheel to lock each side and then shut off truck. the ps fluid will foam up scrape out the foam fill it up again and do the same thing until it is not foaming anymore. you may have already ruined the new pump if there was metal shavings in there but i highly doubt it

JBOND

i didnt change the ps pump just the gear box. thats a good idea about the air ill try that. if i have a collapsed line that should fix it. the ear i broke off was a mounting bracket on the outside of the gear box housing so there shouldnt be any shavings. what im still curious about is the veins, are they somthing in the gear box or something else?

archer2

The vanes are in the pump, it's how the pump makes pressure.

JBOND

well i looked at it this afternoon and the fluid was way down ( it had been full ) so i added some more and drove it real slow and turned the wheel stop to stop, it drank it up and started working better so i think its on the road to recovery. thanks for all the info