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Steering issue

Discussion in 'Trucks [ Eighteen Wheelers ]' started by dphillips, Jul 27, 2016.

  1. Jul 27, 2016 #1
    dphillips

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    So I have a 2007 Volvo 670 and the steering would get tough .I took it to 2 shops neither thought it was the gear box or the steering shaft. They both thought it was the pump so I changed my king pins and my pump and serviced the bottle it was good for 2 days and now the steering is tough again it goes in and out. They checked my drive line and changed a u joint before the pump any ideas.
     
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  3. Jul 28, 2016 #3
    BoxCarKidd

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    Steering that gets tight and loose sounds like a problem between the steering box and wheel to me. Shafts not properly aligned will do that, they don't all align like a driveshaft. Because yours started and no work had been done to it I vote for a bad steering universal joint. If it's shaft-joints it happens about every 1/4 or 1/2 turn. If they do not have a pressure-flow meter to test it go down the road. Look at another truck like yours and see if the shafts are alined the same.
     
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    Socal Xpress

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    I had 2008 780 that did the samething. It was the steering shaft.
     
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