Thread: Power Steering pump

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Just curious, why would you want to cool your power steering fluid? Not sure I've ever seen a need for that in the past.

actualy I had a 97 Jeep G/C that the power steering pump had a finned cooler right at the pump....But why I GOT NO IDEA.

big tires off road in mud = heat

Originally Posted by rspears

Just curious, why would you want to cool your power steering fluid? Not sure I've ever seen a need for that in the past.

Run your vehicle hard then stick ur finger into the reservoir & tell he if its hot? lol My reason is that I run a spool front and usually atleast 35" Boggers. Takes some extra steering to get around. I think of it as a tranny...it's stated to be cool than smoking hot

do you go to schuss mountain hill climb? if so you may seen the jeske brothers shake down run the hill with one of my all engine 632

Originally Posted by Hoss Blazer

Run your vehicle hard then stick ur finger into the reservoir & tell he if its hot? lol My reason is that I run a spool front and usually atleast 35" Boggers. Takes some extra steering to get around. I think of it as a tranny...it's stated to be cool than smoking hot

It sounds to me like you could use a steering assist cylinder. I know all to well how it is trying to turn a 4wd with a spool front and rear. Not real fun. Haha

I've seen plenty of stock power steering coolers, although can't at the moment remember specifics

Originally Posted by 40FordDeluxe

It sounds to me like you could use a steering assist cylinder. I know all to well how it is trying to turn a 4wd with a spool front and rear. Not real fun. Haha

Not in the budget as of right now, but yes that would help out a lot. I have lockouts right now so really the only time that it'll be hard steering is when it's in the mud!

I hadn't caught on that this was a mud/off road rig. Lots of guys with Jeeps running the big meat (42"++) run an assist cylinder powered from their stock pump - here's a how-to Hydraulic Ram Assist Steering - 4Wheel & Off-Road Magazine, but sounds like you may already be on top of this feature.

i build engine s for off road guy s. i my self never had a offroad truck .but many of the guys use full hyd steering .stuff that shows up at the red neck yacht culb there nuts on some of them builds and what they do with them

Originally Posted by pat mccarthy

do you go to schuss mountain hill climb? if so you may seen the jeske brothers shake down run the hill with one of my all engine 632

Nope didnt make it this year, I was in the process of putting the front axle back together.

Originally Posted by pat mccarthy

i build engine s for off road guy s. i my self never had a offroad truck .but many of the guys use full hyd steering .stuff that shows up at the red neck yacht culb there nuts on some of them builds and what they do with them

Ya that will be in the later years of the progression

This year we're removing the stock ps pump from my buddy's pulling truck and installing a hydro pump from a lift gate. If time allows we'll add a cylinder. The cost definitely adds up, but it's totally worth it in the end.

Well here's my take, I work on vehicles every day and there is lots of em that have power steering coolers,especially trucks and lots of chevy pickups with a low mounted pump such as yours. None of em have any thing special. Return line from gear box to cooler and from cooler to return side of pump/reservoir. Never seen a one of em over flow.

Originally Posted by HWORRELL

Well here's my take, I work on vehicles every day and there is lots of em that have power steering coolers,especially trucks and lots of chevy pickups with a low mounted pump such as yours. None of em have any thing special. Return line from gear box to cooler and from cooler to return side of pump/reservoir. Never seen a one of em over flow.

that may be so but then you add 35+ tall tires and go off road i would say all bets are off i seen guy s bust thing you would never think would fail seen parts weld them self together as well .guy walked in my shop with a pop bottle inside of it was a roller lifter and part of a 3/8 080 wall push rod smash/welded together from beating the last ounce of life out of that poor engine .them off road guys are a interesting buch

Originally Posted by patmacarthy

that may be so but then you add 35+ tall tires and go off road i would say all bets are off i seen guy s bust thing you would never think would fail seen parts weld them self together as well guy walked in may shop with a pop bottle with a roller lifter in it and a 3/8 080 wall push rod smash/welded to gether from beating the last ounce of life out of that poor engine .them off road guys are a interesting buch

Sure, everything said is true, but the big meats, off road, and heavy foot don't change the hydraulics which is what HWORRELL's commenting on as I understand it. Shouldn't have any concerns with overflowing a reservoir the way the system works, no matter how hard you drive it or how big the tires get.