Steering question
#21
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Re: Steering question
The dealer wasn't interested in repairing the unit (new seals) so I
wasn't confident he had anybody with the experience to repair it.
With 86,000 miles on it, I didn't know what would be found inside the
unit. I have no tools because I have no place work (I rent downtown)
or store solvents, and other good stuff.
I was surprised at the $480.00 labor. In the service manual it looks
like a couple of hoses, 3 bolts and the pitman arm.
On Sat, 10 Apr 2004 16:12:28 -0400, Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca>
wrote:
>It's not hard to put a kit in them.
>
>You can buy just the top bearing and seal or the whole thing.
>
>I helped Steve put on in his YJ, we did the top end on the vehicle, we
>just dropped the pump down and left the pitman hooked up so we didn't
>damage the bottom seal or tie rod end on the drag link.
>
>Mike
>86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
>Matt Osborn wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, 08 Apr 2004 21:54:19 -0500, Sleestak <lookatme@123.com> wrote:
>>
>> >I think my power steering box/pump is about to die. The box is leaking
>> >fluid from the top where the steering shaft enters, and the jeep shakes
>> >whenever I turn the wheel from a dead stop. Also, the idle goes down a
>> >couple hundred rpms whenever I turn the wheel from a dead stop. Any ideas?
>>
>> I was just quoted $1200.00 for a new power steering box, installed
>> for my '00 TJ.
wasn't confident he had anybody with the experience to repair it.
With 86,000 miles on it, I didn't know what would be found inside the
unit. I have no tools because I have no place work (I rent downtown)
or store solvents, and other good stuff.
I was surprised at the $480.00 labor. In the service manual it looks
like a couple of hoses, 3 bolts and the pitman arm.
On Sat, 10 Apr 2004 16:12:28 -0400, Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca>
wrote:
>It's not hard to put a kit in them.
>
>You can buy just the top bearing and seal or the whole thing.
>
>I helped Steve put on in his YJ, we did the top end on the vehicle, we
>just dropped the pump down and left the pitman hooked up so we didn't
>damage the bottom seal or tie rod end on the drag link.
>
>Mike
>86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
>Matt Osborn wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, 08 Apr 2004 21:54:19 -0500, Sleestak <lookatme@123.com> wrote:
>>
>> >I think my power steering box/pump is about to die. The box is leaking
>> >fluid from the top where the steering shaft enters, and the jeep shakes
>> >whenever I turn the wheel from a dead stop. Also, the idle goes down a
>> >couple hundred rpms whenever I turn the wheel from a dead stop. Any ideas?
>>
>> I was just quoted $1200.00 for a new power steering box, installed
>> for my '00 TJ.
#22
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Posts: n/a
Re: Steering question
That's BS for labor.
I was on this group and Steve was commenting on taking off the pitman to
do a top seal and I said Woah! He didn't live far so I went over and it
was about an hour's job taking our time.
Dropping the box makes it easy to disconnect the steering column shaft,
the rest 'all' stays in place, hoses, everything. He had already tried
taking off hoses and parts were starting to break.
It's just a seal, a big nut, a couple washers and a bearing. Pretty
easy, a 'one banana' job.
Mike
Matt Osborn wrote:
>
> The dealer wasn't interested in repairing the unit (new seals) so I
> wasn't confident he had anybody with the experience to repair it.
>
> With 86,000 miles on it, I didn't know what would be found inside the
> unit. I have no tools because I have no place work (I rent downtown)
> or store solvents, and other good stuff.
>
> I was surprised at the $480.00 labor. In the service manual it looks
> like a couple of hoses, 3 bolts and the pitman arm.
>
> On Sat, 10 Apr 2004 16:12:28 -0400, Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca>
> wrote:
>
> >It's not hard to put a kit in them.
> >
> >You can buy just the top bearing and seal or the whole thing.
> >
> >I helped Steve put on in his YJ, we did the top end on the vehicle, we
> >just dropped the pump down and left the pitman hooked up so we didn't
> >damage the bottom seal or tie rod end on the drag link.
> >
> >Mike
> >86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> >88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> >
> >Matt Osborn wrote:
> >>
> >> On Thu, 08 Apr 2004 21:54:19 -0500, Sleestak <lookatme@123.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> >I think my power steering box/pump is about to die. The box is leaking
> >> >fluid from the top where the steering shaft enters, and the jeep shakes
> >> >whenever I turn the wheel from a dead stop. Also, the idle goes down a
> >> >couple hundred rpms whenever I turn the wheel from a dead stop. Any ideas?
> >>
> >> I was just quoted $1200.00 for a new power steering box, installed
> >> for my '00 TJ.
I was on this group and Steve was commenting on taking off the pitman to
do a top seal and I said Woah! He didn't live far so I went over and it
was about an hour's job taking our time.
Dropping the box makes it easy to disconnect the steering column shaft,
the rest 'all' stays in place, hoses, everything. He had already tried
taking off hoses and parts were starting to break.
It's just a seal, a big nut, a couple washers and a bearing. Pretty
easy, a 'one banana' job.
Mike
Matt Osborn wrote:
>
> The dealer wasn't interested in repairing the unit (new seals) so I
> wasn't confident he had anybody with the experience to repair it.
>
> With 86,000 miles on it, I didn't know what would be found inside the
> unit. I have no tools because I have no place work (I rent downtown)
> or store solvents, and other good stuff.
>
> I was surprised at the $480.00 labor. In the service manual it looks
> like a couple of hoses, 3 bolts and the pitman arm.
>
> On Sat, 10 Apr 2004 16:12:28 -0400, Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca>
> wrote:
>
> >It's not hard to put a kit in them.
> >
> >You can buy just the top bearing and seal or the whole thing.
> >
> >I helped Steve put on in his YJ, we did the top end on the vehicle, we
> >just dropped the pump down and left the pitman hooked up so we didn't
> >damage the bottom seal or tie rod end on the drag link.
> >
> >Mike
> >86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> >88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> >
> >Matt Osborn wrote:
> >>
> >> On Thu, 08 Apr 2004 21:54:19 -0500, Sleestak <lookatme@123.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> >I think my power steering box/pump is about to die. The box is leaking
> >> >fluid from the top where the steering shaft enters, and the jeep shakes
> >> >whenever I turn the wheel from a dead stop. Also, the idle goes down a
> >> >couple hundred rpms whenever I turn the wheel from a dead stop. Any ideas?
> >>
> >> I was just quoted $1200.00 for a new power steering box, installed
> >> for my '00 TJ.
#23
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Posts: n/a
Re: Steering question
That's BS for labor.
I was on this group and Steve was commenting on taking off the pitman to
do a top seal and I said Woah! He didn't live far so I went over and it
was about an hour's job taking our time.
Dropping the box makes it easy to disconnect the steering column shaft,
the rest 'all' stays in place, hoses, everything. He had already tried
taking off hoses and parts were starting to break.
It's just a seal, a big nut, a couple washers and a bearing. Pretty
easy, a 'one banana' job.
Mike
Matt Osborn wrote:
>
> The dealer wasn't interested in repairing the unit (new seals) so I
> wasn't confident he had anybody with the experience to repair it.
>
> With 86,000 miles on it, I didn't know what would be found inside the
> unit. I have no tools because I have no place work (I rent downtown)
> or store solvents, and other good stuff.
>
> I was surprised at the $480.00 labor. In the service manual it looks
> like a couple of hoses, 3 bolts and the pitman arm.
>
> On Sat, 10 Apr 2004 16:12:28 -0400, Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca>
> wrote:
>
> >It's not hard to put a kit in them.
> >
> >You can buy just the top bearing and seal or the whole thing.
> >
> >I helped Steve put on in his YJ, we did the top end on the vehicle, we
> >just dropped the pump down and left the pitman hooked up so we didn't
> >damage the bottom seal or tie rod end on the drag link.
> >
> >Mike
> >86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> >88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> >
> >Matt Osborn wrote:
> >>
> >> On Thu, 08 Apr 2004 21:54:19 -0500, Sleestak <lookatme@123.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> >I think my power steering box/pump is about to die. The box is leaking
> >> >fluid from the top where the steering shaft enters, and the jeep shakes
> >> >whenever I turn the wheel from a dead stop. Also, the idle goes down a
> >> >couple hundred rpms whenever I turn the wheel from a dead stop. Any ideas?
> >>
> >> I was just quoted $1200.00 for a new power steering box, installed
> >> for my '00 TJ.
I was on this group and Steve was commenting on taking off the pitman to
do a top seal and I said Woah! He didn't live far so I went over and it
was about an hour's job taking our time.
Dropping the box makes it easy to disconnect the steering column shaft,
the rest 'all' stays in place, hoses, everything. He had already tried
taking off hoses and parts were starting to break.
It's just a seal, a big nut, a couple washers and a bearing. Pretty
easy, a 'one banana' job.
Mike
Matt Osborn wrote:
>
> The dealer wasn't interested in repairing the unit (new seals) so I
> wasn't confident he had anybody with the experience to repair it.
>
> With 86,000 miles on it, I didn't know what would be found inside the
> unit. I have no tools because I have no place work (I rent downtown)
> or store solvents, and other good stuff.
>
> I was surprised at the $480.00 labor. In the service manual it looks
> like a couple of hoses, 3 bolts and the pitman arm.
>
> On Sat, 10 Apr 2004 16:12:28 -0400, Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca>
> wrote:
>
> >It's not hard to put a kit in them.
> >
> >You can buy just the top bearing and seal or the whole thing.
> >
> >I helped Steve put on in his YJ, we did the top end on the vehicle, we
> >just dropped the pump down and left the pitman hooked up so we didn't
> >damage the bottom seal or tie rod end on the drag link.
> >
> >Mike
> >86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> >88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> >
> >Matt Osborn wrote:
> >>
> >> On Thu, 08 Apr 2004 21:54:19 -0500, Sleestak <lookatme@123.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> >I think my power steering box/pump is about to die. The box is leaking
> >> >fluid from the top where the steering shaft enters, and the jeep shakes
> >> >whenever I turn the wheel from a dead stop. Also, the idle goes down a
> >> >couple hundred rpms whenever I turn the wheel from a dead stop. Any ideas?
> >>
> >> I was just quoted $1200.00 for a new power steering box, installed
> >> for my '00 TJ.
#24
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Steering question
That's BS for labor.
I was on this group and Steve was commenting on taking off the pitman to
do a top seal and I said Woah! He didn't live far so I went over and it
was about an hour's job taking our time.
Dropping the box makes it easy to disconnect the steering column shaft,
the rest 'all' stays in place, hoses, everything. He had already tried
taking off hoses and parts were starting to break.
It's just a seal, a big nut, a couple washers and a bearing. Pretty
easy, a 'one banana' job.
Mike
Matt Osborn wrote:
>
> The dealer wasn't interested in repairing the unit (new seals) so I
> wasn't confident he had anybody with the experience to repair it.
>
> With 86,000 miles on it, I didn't know what would be found inside the
> unit. I have no tools because I have no place work (I rent downtown)
> or store solvents, and other good stuff.
>
> I was surprised at the $480.00 labor. In the service manual it looks
> like a couple of hoses, 3 bolts and the pitman arm.
>
> On Sat, 10 Apr 2004 16:12:28 -0400, Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca>
> wrote:
>
> >It's not hard to put a kit in them.
> >
> >You can buy just the top bearing and seal or the whole thing.
> >
> >I helped Steve put on in his YJ, we did the top end on the vehicle, we
> >just dropped the pump down and left the pitman hooked up so we didn't
> >damage the bottom seal or tie rod end on the drag link.
> >
> >Mike
> >86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> >88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> >
> >Matt Osborn wrote:
> >>
> >> On Thu, 08 Apr 2004 21:54:19 -0500, Sleestak <lookatme@123.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> >I think my power steering box/pump is about to die. The box is leaking
> >> >fluid from the top where the steering shaft enters, and the jeep shakes
> >> >whenever I turn the wheel from a dead stop. Also, the idle goes down a
> >> >couple hundred rpms whenever I turn the wheel from a dead stop. Any ideas?
> >>
> >> I was just quoted $1200.00 for a new power steering box, installed
> >> for my '00 TJ.
I was on this group and Steve was commenting on taking off the pitman to
do a top seal and I said Woah! He didn't live far so I went over and it
was about an hour's job taking our time.
Dropping the box makes it easy to disconnect the steering column shaft,
the rest 'all' stays in place, hoses, everything. He had already tried
taking off hoses and parts were starting to break.
It's just a seal, a big nut, a couple washers and a bearing. Pretty
easy, a 'one banana' job.
Mike
Matt Osborn wrote:
>
> The dealer wasn't interested in repairing the unit (new seals) so I
> wasn't confident he had anybody with the experience to repair it.
>
> With 86,000 miles on it, I didn't know what would be found inside the
> unit. I have no tools because I have no place work (I rent downtown)
> or store solvents, and other good stuff.
>
> I was surprised at the $480.00 labor. In the service manual it looks
> like a couple of hoses, 3 bolts and the pitman arm.
>
> On Sat, 10 Apr 2004 16:12:28 -0400, Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca>
> wrote:
>
> >It's not hard to put a kit in them.
> >
> >You can buy just the top bearing and seal or the whole thing.
> >
> >I helped Steve put on in his YJ, we did the top end on the vehicle, we
> >just dropped the pump down and left the pitman hooked up so we didn't
> >damage the bottom seal or tie rod end on the drag link.
> >
> >Mike
> >86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> >88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> >
> >Matt Osborn wrote:
> >>
> >> On Thu, 08 Apr 2004 21:54:19 -0500, Sleestak <lookatme@123.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> >I think my power steering box/pump is about to die. The box is leaking
> >> >fluid from the top where the steering shaft enters, and the jeep shakes
> >> >whenever I turn the wheel from a dead stop. Also, the idle goes down a
> >> >couple hundred rpms whenever I turn the wheel from a dead stop. Any ideas?
> >>
> >> I was just quoted $1200.00 for a new power steering box, installed
> >> for my '00 TJ.
#25
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Posts: n/a
Re: Steering question
That's BS for labor.
I was on this group and Steve was commenting on taking off the pitman to
do a top seal and I said Woah! He didn't live far so I went over and it
was about an hour's job taking our time.
Dropping the box makes it easy to disconnect the steering column shaft,
the rest 'all' stays in place, hoses, everything. He had already tried
taking off hoses and parts were starting to break.
It's just a seal, a big nut, a couple washers and a bearing. Pretty
easy, a 'one banana' job.
Mike
Matt Osborn wrote:
>
> The dealer wasn't interested in repairing the unit (new seals) so I
> wasn't confident he had anybody with the experience to repair it.
>
> With 86,000 miles on it, I didn't know what would be found inside the
> unit. I have no tools because I have no place work (I rent downtown)
> or store solvents, and other good stuff.
>
> I was surprised at the $480.00 labor. In the service manual it looks
> like a couple of hoses, 3 bolts and the pitman arm.
>
> On Sat, 10 Apr 2004 16:12:28 -0400, Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca>
> wrote:
>
> >It's not hard to put a kit in them.
> >
> >You can buy just the top bearing and seal or the whole thing.
> >
> >I helped Steve put on in his YJ, we did the top end on the vehicle, we
> >just dropped the pump down and left the pitman hooked up so we didn't
> >damage the bottom seal or tie rod end on the drag link.
> >
> >Mike
> >86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> >88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> >
> >Matt Osborn wrote:
> >>
> >> On Thu, 08 Apr 2004 21:54:19 -0500, Sleestak <lookatme@123.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> >I think my power steering box/pump is about to die. The box is leaking
> >> >fluid from the top where the steering shaft enters, and the jeep shakes
> >> >whenever I turn the wheel from a dead stop. Also, the idle goes down a
> >> >couple hundred rpms whenever I turn the wheel from a dead stop. Any ideas?
> >>
> >> I was just quoted $1200.00 for a new power steering box, installed
> >> for my '00 TJ.
I was on this group and Steve was commenting on taking off the pitman to
do a top seal and I said Woah! He didn't live far so I went over and it
was about an hour's job taking our time.
Dropping the box makes it easy to disconnect the steering column shaft,
the rest 'all' stays in place, hoses, everything. He had already tried
taking off hoses and parts were starting to break.
It's just a seal, a big nut, a couple washers and a bearing. Pretty
easy, a 'one banana' job.
Mike
Matt Osborn wrote:
>
> The dealer wasn't interested in repairing the unit (new seals) so I
> wasn't confident he had anybody with the experience to repair it.
>
> With 86,000 miles on it, I didn't know what would be found inside the
> unit. I have no tools because I have no place work (I rent downtown)
> or store solvents, and other good stuff.
>
> I was surprised at the $480.00 labor. In the service manual it looks
> like a couple of hoses, 3 bolts and the pitman arm.
>
> On Sat, 10 Apr 2004 16:12:28 -0400, Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca>
> wrote:
>
> >It's not hard to put a kit in them.
> >
> >You can buy just the top bearing and seal or the whole thing.
> >
> >I helped Steve put on in his YJ, we did the top end on the vehicle, we
> >just dropped the pump down and left the pitman hooked up so we didn't
> >damage the bottom seal or tie rod end on the drag link.
> >
> >Mike
> >86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> >88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> >
> >Matt Osborn wrote:
> >>
> >> On Thu, 08 Apr 2004 21:54:19 -0500, Sleestak <lookatme@123.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> >I think my power steering box/pump is about to die. The box is leaking
> >> >fluid from the top where the steering shaft enters, and the jeep shakes
> >> >whenever I turn the wheel from a dead stop. Also, the idle goes down a
> >> >couple hundred rpms whenever I turn the wheel from a dead stop. Any ideas?
> >>
> >> I was just quoted $1200.00 for a new power steering box, installed
> >> for my '00 TJ.
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