Re: Bizarre Power Steering Problem?
 

You could be describing a bad U-joint.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

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.
>
> Some vehicle specs:
>
> 1997 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo
> 4-wheel drive (hi/lo) only
> Inline 6 cylinder engine
>
> Thanks,
> Tom