Hello everyone. Ive searched the forum up and down and found some similar problems to mine, but not quite the same.
I have a 97 Tahoe 4X4, 4 door.
Recently my power steering pump was leaking, I was told I need to replace the Pum,p, steering gear box anbd high pressure hose. So I did at Firestone.
Well, its only been a day and so far, I am getting alot of resistance when trying to turn in either direction, especially while slowing down. It happens very often, it almost at time locks up and just wont turn untill I turn the wheel the oposite direction and jerk it back. Quite dangerous.
Firestone told me that they've seen this happen before, and that it may just need a couple days to "Bleed", and it will be back to normal.
I am very careful and I drive slow especially when turning now, but it just doesnt seem right for a reputable mechanic to let someone go with a risky problem like this.
I know for a fact its not my EVO because I already changed that and it fixed my "easy steering" problem, what could cause this? Did I get a bad product installed in my truck? Or does it REALLY need a couple days to bleed? Please if anyone can help me out. My problem is I bought the parts from a local parts store to get the cheaper price, "Same brand firestone uses", but since I didnt pay a million dollars to get the parts through Firestone, they want to charge me labor again, and I just want to avoid that.