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Topic: noisy power steering
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DaveK
Gearhead Posts: 156
From: Sterling, VA
Registered: Dec 99
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posted 11-27-2001 12:43 PM
   
I have a '97 F150 4x4 ORP that has developed very noisy power steering. I replaced the power steering fluid hoping that would help but it's still as noisy as it was before. Do I need some sort of additive to keep it from squealing?Thanks.
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SteveLaRiviere
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From: Saco, Maine USA
Registered: May 99
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posted 11-27-2001 08:24 PM
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MLariviere
Moderator Posts: 2137
From: Biddeford,Me.USA
Registered: May 99
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posted 11-27-2001 09:17 PM
Are you sure it's not the serpentine belt? Does it sound like a bunch of birds under the hood? I go through a belt every year. When I change it,I use fine emery cloth to scuff up the idler,tensioner and water pump pulleys. The noise is gone after. In fact,I just did it yesterday. 
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DaveK
Gearhead Posts: 156
From: Sterling, VA
Registered: Dec 99
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posted 11-30-2001 08:27 AM
Kind of hard to define. It only happens while I'm turning the wheel. If I stop turning the wheel, the noise stops. It's kind of a groaning sound. I greased the idler arm but there aren't any grease fittings anywhere else that I could find.
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MLariviere
Moderator Posts: 2137
From: Biddeford,Me.USA
Registered: May 99
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posted 11-30-2001 10:17 PM
My last truck{85} did that when I turned at a stop. I had 33's though. I assumed it was the pump,but I did nothing about it  and it lasted to 135K,when I traded it in.
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