my bertone seems to want to kill me today. it had a zf rack thrown in some time in a PO past. works fine most of the time, has zero play. the pump does have a decent leak but i keep it topped. but every once in a while it will want to lock up or get very hard to turn, if you force it, you feel and hear a pop, almost like it skips a tooth in the rack or shaft spline, but the alignment is always the same. it does this more often driving through a puddle. the belt squeaks at the worst point, it's pry bar tight with a belt that is only 2 years old. it has started briefly doing it recently while parallel parking but mostly does this on the occasion of turning tighter angles at speeds around 20 to 25 mph with the harder cornering forces on the wheels or turning the wheel suddenly (which sometimes works itself out, which had me thinking air bubbles and popping from strut bushings [long shot]). more susseptable durring colder climates.
do i need another rack? is it simply just air bubbles or needing to get a new belt? or could it be something i could fix with some power steering flush or replacement of check valves?
do i need another rack? is it simply just air bubbles or needing to get a new belt? or could it be something i could fix with some power steering flush or replacement of check valves?
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