New power steering won't work, need advice

   / New power steering won't work, need advice #1  

Laneman

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Hope someone can help. I installed aftermarket power steering on a Ford 3000 and bled the system, but I still have no movement at all of the cylinder. The system consists of a gear driven pump mounted to the engine, and a cylinder that pulls and pushes on a pitman arm, so it's very simple. The cylinder on this system has a built in control lever that extends and retracts the cylinder when the steering rod pushes or pulls on it. I unhooked the steering rod from the control so I could verify the lever moves ok, which it does. Tried unscrewing the lever a few turns to get more travel, still the cylinder won't move. Verified oil is in the reservoir, cracked open the cylinder lines and fresh oil comes out. I extended and retracted the cylinder by hand a few times to bleed it. Seems like I should have at least some motion by now. I was thinking of unscrewing the lever to look for debris blocking oil flow, but I have no parts manual to tell me what's inside. Please post your ideas on what to try next.
 

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   / New power steering won't work, need advice #2  
Try getting in touch with the seller/manufacturer or dealer.
 
   / New power steering won't work, need advice #3  
Use a pressure gage to see if the pump is working, pressure maybe around 1500 to 2000 psi. Check to see if you reversed the supply hoses.
 
   / New power steering won't work, need advice
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It's one of the Turkish aftermarket kits, tried contacting the manufacturer twice but got no reply. I checked to make sure all was plumbed per the diagram. I did have one person suggest swapping the pressure and return hose routing on the cylinder- not sure if this was to backflush any debris out or just rule out that I had originally hooked them up wrong. I haven't tried this yet because I don't know if this would damage anything. Would like to pressure test pump, just need to find a gage I can rent or borrow since funds are l limited.
 
   / New power steering won't work, need advice #5  
G'day i would srart by swapping your hoses cost you nothing and should not do any damage, if no joy then you may want to invest in a gauge. Have you tried speaking to the person you bought it off or did you import directly??


Jon
 

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