Noisy steering

["Dick Benjamin" <dickb@xxxxxxxxx>]

Check your belt tension - especially if your ammeter darts toward discharge
when you hear the squeal!

Dick Benjamin
----- Original Message -----
From: <anthony@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2003 10:23 AM
Subject: Re: IML: Noisy steering


> The power steering works well. It squeals when I am turning at slow
speeds.
> I have tried to isolate it. I think  I am going to have to get a new one,
> rebuilt one or have this one rebuilt. Does anyone know the best way, or
who
> rebuilds them?
>
> Anthony
>
>
>
> At 08:26 PM 6/14/03 -0700, you wrote:
>
>
> >anthony@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >Hi Everyone;
> >
> >I have a question. On my 56 Imperial whenever I am stopped and turning to
> >back up or pull forward the power steering unit squeals like it is out of
> >fluid. It only does it then no other time.
> >
> >=====
> >
> >Reading your post literally.  When your car is stopped and you twist the
> >steering wheel, you are putting the maximum pressure on the steering
> >pump.  Have you tried letting your foot off the brake just a
> >little?  Letting the car creep slowly as you spin the steering wheel?
> >
> >If I go into a 3-point turn, the only thing that I usually do when
> >motionless is shift gears.  As the car starts to move, I then spin the
> >wheel, or will spin it reversed just before completing my forward motion,
> >leaving the wheel pre-positioned for the opposite direction that it needs
> >to be in for the reverse motion.
> >
> >I perceive that doing this puts much less stress on the system of any
car,
> >manual or power.  Try twisting your steering when the car's off and
> >stationary.  Then imagine (or actually) turn the car off while at low
> >speed and notice what a difference just a little motion can make in the
> >manual force required to twist the wheel.  That power pump is doing
almost
> >ALL the work, so it's masking the feel of the increased load when you're
> >stopped.
> >
> >This may be an adjustable/mechanical/wear related problem particular to
> >your car that I just don't have a clue about, but I'd be curious to hear
> >what my suggestion does for you....I'm also assuming that the noise is
> >internal to the pump and not belt-related.
> >
> >
> >
> >Kenyon Wills
> >San Lorenzo/SF Bay Area
> >1960 Chrysler Imperial
>
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> >
> >1973 Chrysler
> >Imperial  -->
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> >
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