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Originally Posted by Gregski
wanna share a Lesson Learned about the Power Steering Pump, I don't know why but before I went on this journey I thought the steering pump was one magical unit a black box that made steering easier, the steering shaft was the input and some rods connected to the wheels acted as the output, and whalla you got power steering
Well, the power steering pump is only half of the equation is what I learned, the other half is the steering box in our case or a steering rack in the rack and pinion applications
Furthermore the steering pump is similar to the AC system as it also has a low pressure and high pressure hoses, sure now that makes sense, but before I took it all apart I didn't even conceptualize that
well you all probably knew that but I just wanted to share, maybe to get some of you thinking about it, if you hadn't already
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The high pressure and low pressure hose can be determined as the high pressure hose has the clamped fittings where the low pressure hose can use hose clamps.
The low pressure hose is more of a return line that feeds back into the reservoir. When you turn the wheel the high pressure hose is in use to allow the easy movement of the steering box to pitman arm to steering arm to tie rods.
When you release off the turn it uses the return line to feed fluid back to the reservoir.