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Hey guys.
Not too happy today, my friend, who has always worked on my vehicles, today installed an inner, and outer tie rod on my mothers 2000 Buick century.
Got the car back and got it home, and now it's incredibly difficulty to steer, moreso to the left side(side of replaced tie rods). There is also a clunk, and binding that occurs when steering to the left. At first I thought the power steering pump might be on it's way out, because at first revving it up would allow me to steer easier, but now it's gotten a lot worse.
Something I noticed is that when the car is running, the power steering fluid does not go down, and it is indeed full. When steering to either side you can hear the pump working hard, hissing, and occasionally the belt will squeak.
What did my friend mess up, please don't say rack.
All right maybe it's the rack.
It's most likely the rack.
Not too happy today, my friend, who has always worked on my vehicles, today installed an inner, and outer tie rod on my mothers 2000 Buick century.
Got the car back and got it home, and now it's incredibly difficulty to steer, moreso to the left side(side of replaced tie rods). There is also a clunk, and binding that occurs when steering to the left. At first I thought the power steering pump might be on it's way out, because at first revving it up would allow me to steer easier, but now it's gotten a lot worse.
Something I noticed is that when the car is running, the power steering fluid does not go down, and it is indeed full. When steering to either side you can hear the pump working hard, hissing, and occasionally the belt will squeak.
What did my friend mess up, please don't say rack.
All right maybe it's the rack.
It's most likely the rack.