Hello Guys,

Im new here but I've been researching this issue for awhile and cant seem to find a fix.....

I lose power steering when at idle or when going very slow in parking lot. It is WORSE if you apply break and try and turn the wheels.

I have a 2006 mega cab with 50k on it. I have had the gear box replaced to fix a the leak that was comign form it hoping that would fix my problem but the horrible power steering issue is still there. Next I had the power steering pump replaced since I thought is was worn out or not putting out enough psi to work the power steering and hydroboost. Wrong......problem is still there. I tried bleeding the system to see if there is air in the line but I get zero bubbles in the power steering fluid after turning wheel from lock to lock 15 times.

Can it be the hydroboost?? My breaks seem to work fine.

PLEASE HELP AS I HAVE ALREADY SPENT OVER $500 ON PARTS AND LABOR!!!!

Thanks,
Kevin

 

Yes it could be the hydro boost.
Why are you working on things like that when your truck only has 50,000 miles? All the repairs you mentioned, should have been covered by warranty, which is where you need to go to get that hydro boost looked at.

 

My truck started doing the same thing recently. And as far as I know, these things are only covered under the 36k warranty which I am alreadt past.

 

before throwing more parts at it pretty sure you can test hydroboost and ps pump by putting a pressure gauge on it and measuring flow. do you have stock tires? These things just don't turn that easy when going slow/stopped mine is a beast with 35 MT's and a front bumper.