Re: Bizarre Power Steering Problem?
 

Tom Gersic wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I'm hoping somebody out there can help me with this problem. I have a '97
> Jeep Grand Cherokee, that for the most part runs very well. It has this
> steering problem though--if I turn the wheel to make even a
> marginally tight turn, it gets really hard to get the Jeep to move
> forward or backward. The engine revs just fine, and isn't close to dying
> or anything, but the car just doesn't want to move. If I try to make a
> *really* tight turn, it kind of lurches forward like something is
> grabbing and then giving way or something. It doesn't happen all the time
> though, and I can't find any particular common cause for when it happens.
> But, it does happen most of the time.

Check your front driveshaft U joints. By the way, U joints will do just that,
lurch and grab, especially in tight turns. CV joints don't but the problem with
CV joints is they are weaker than U joints. Depends on which devil you go
to bed with. :/

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DougW