Power steering has a filter??? Never heard of that?? Never saw it either...
where is it?

>From: EMZ <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
>
>The ujoints in the steering shaft  are known to cause this problem.
>Oil the hell out of them with used motor oil.  If they are to rusty
>you will need to replace them.
>
>
>             Eric                   86-VW4x4
>             vw4x4@fyi.net          86-SS Syncro
>             Pittsburgh, PA USA     1936-Chrysler
>                                    92-Jetta GWC
>             www.fyi.net/~vw4x4/vw4x4.htm
>
>On Thu, 6 Mar 2003, Shawn Wright wrote:
>
> > Lately my '88 Westy has been acting strange when steerring - the power
> > assist seems to come and go, causing the wheels to not want to return to
> > centre easily, and making turning corners not very smooth.
> > The fluid level seemed ok, but I added a bit to be sure, since it is was
> > hard to read through the reservior. No change. I flushed the system &
> > cleaned the filter about 4-5 years ago, so I was planning to do this
>again
> > in hopes it will help. Anything else I should check? (tire pressures are
> > fine - 50psi front on Yoko Y370s).
> >
> > ps: I was thinking of replacing the filter until I checked the price -
>$45
> > at the dealer, and Bowwow does not have them. Last time I just washed it
> > in solvent & it seemed to do the trick. Is this ok?
> >
> > Thanks
> >

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