Power Steering Problem - Need Advice
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From: Reyrieux Ain
Power Steering Problem - Need Advice
After a few hard brakings at rather short intervals, steering gets awfully stiff, almost blocked and it is extremely hard to turn the steering wheel .
Same has happened to a friend of mine on a mountain road in the French Alps recently .
Any clue about the reason for this ?
Same has happened to a friend of mine on a mountain road in the French Alps recently .
Any clue about the reason for this ?
Drifting
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Mine did the same thing when I was tracking my car at Sears Point Raceway. My problem turned out to be getting the power steering fluid too hot while on the track with my rpm elevated for extended periods. I put on a Z06 power steering oil cooler and it was fixed. GM already figured this out and fixed it on the Z06's. Put on a cooler, flush out your system and use high quality power steering fluid.
John
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From: Reyrieux Ain
Mine did the same thing when I was tracking my car at Sears Point Raceway. My problem turned out to be getting the power steering fluid too hot while on the track with my rpm elevated for extended periods. I put on a Z06 power steering oil cooler and it was fixed. GM already figured this out and fixed it on the Z06's. Put on a cooler, flush out your system and use high quality power steering fluid.
John
John
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From: Reyrieux Ain
Mine did the same thing when I was tracking my car at Sears Point Raceway. My problem turned out to be getting the power steering fluid too hot while on the track with my rpm elevated for extended periods. I put on a Z06 power steering oil cooler and it was fixed. GM already figured this out and fixed it on the Z06's. Put on a cooler, flush out your system and use high quality power steering fluid.
John
John
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get ahold of Gene Culley and tell him you need a GM Z06 power steering oil cooler. Costs about $117. It's pretty easy to install.
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From: Reyrieux Ain
Mine did the same thing when I was tracking my car at Sears Point Raceway. My problem turned out to be getting the power steering fluid too hot while on the track with my rpm elevated for extended periods. I put on a Z06 power steering oil cooler and it was fixed. GM already figured this out and fixed it on the Z06's. Put on a cooler, flush out your system and use high quality power steering fluid.
John
John
This is to advise you taht thanks to your help I have found the Power Steering Cooler - GM Part Number 103516334 - at GmPartsDirect.com for a price of 88, 28 $ .
Thanks again .
