I'm close to the *throw money at this* point, and wanted to ask for other ideas. My power steering has been giving symptoms of a faulty power steering pump, so I did a couple flushes and ultimately replaced the pump... Problem persists. Was giving me random hard spots in the steering, now it's just always hard to steer. Next, I replaced the belts and drive & tensioner pulleys. Something may be binding up, but I can't figure out what. Lower control arms are fairly new, tie rods are also rather new... My strut mounts are getting replaced soon, but I'm not sure the bearings in those could be screwing with the steering that much. My next step is to replace the rack, but thought I'd ask for outside opinion first. Any help is appreciated!
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I'm close to the *throw money at this* point, and wanted to ask for other ideas. My power steering has been giving symptoms of a faulty power steering pump, so I did a couple flushes and ultimately replaced the pump... Problem persists. Was giving me random hard spots in the steering, now it's just always hard to steer. Next, I replaced the belts and drive & tensioner pulleys. Something may be binding up, but I can't figure out what. Lower control arms are fairly new, tie rods are also rather new... My strut mounts are getting replaced soon, but I'm not sure the bearings in those could be screwing with the steering that much. My next step is to replace the rack, but thought I'd ask for outside opinion first. Any help is appreciated!
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