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Loss of power steering when turning with brake applied

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Old Jan 27, 2004 | 05:41 AM
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Dodge is rekalling bal jointts on the Dakotta truks. How do u get a new kar to brake then??

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Old Jan 27, 2004 | 01:14 PM
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I started to notice a steering problem on my truck at about 2 years old. I was having intermittent hard wheel whether moving or not. A year or so later I noticed intermittent stiff brake pedal. Then one day I noticed them both at the same time. I read my manual and found that they both use the power steering pump. From that point as soon as I noticed a stiff wheel I would brake immediately and I found that everytime I had a stiff brake pedal and vice a versa. You don't have to be using them both at the same time. I bought the guages and adapters to hook up to the power steering system but by the time I had enough time to check it out it had stopped. I have not had hard wheel/stiff brake pedal in over a year.
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Old Jan 27, 2004 | 06:12 PM
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Thanks, Spots. I downloaded and installed the spell checker. It works great!
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Old Jan 29, 2004 | 03:46 AM
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I had an 01 that did the same thing, especially in the winter. I took it in they put a pump on it, they put a gearbox on it, they pressure tested it, they said everything was normal. Nothing helped. So guess what, they said live with it and I did................Your brakes and steering work together off the power steering pump. Diesels don't have vacuum like cars do so the pump is working double duty, twice as hard.
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