Power steering spool valve adjustment

[Chris RB]

Well, I made the mistake of screwing with my power steering to fix a leak and now here we are…

I’ve got the car off the ground, when I start it up, the steering wheel is still. As soon as I turn the wheel in one direction or the other, it’s just keeps going. Tapping the valve block has fixed the unbalanced assist but I don’t know how to make the wheel stop spinning following my inputs.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Cheers,
Chris

 

[MoPar~Man]

Did you see this thread:

Steering wheel wants to turn right while idling, steering gear adustment or front-end alignment?

1967 Monaco. Front stub replaced, steering gear moved to new stub. No alignment done (yet). Tie rod adjusters adjusted by eye. Upper control arm bolts tightened in center positions. All new bushings, tie rod ends, ball joints, etc. Torsion bar height adjustments made. Front end has...

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Long story short - I also changed a seal to fix a leak. The steering shaft (worm shaft) seal. I didn't take much of it apart, but I did mix up a couple parts, I corrected that, but I still end up with a very touchy steering gear that wants to turn the wheels in either direction if given the chance. I've lost the wheels self-centering ability when the car is moving. I'm going to work more on this over the winter, I have a spare steering gear box that I can putz with at the same time.

But definately post here what you find about yours.

 

[Chris RB]

Did you see this thread:

Steering wheel wants to turn right while idling, steering gear adustment or front-end alignment?

1967 Monaco. Front stub replaced, steering gear moved to new stub. No alignment done (yet). Tie rod adjusters adjusted by eye. Upper control arm bolts tightened in center positions. All new bushings, tie rod ends, ball joints, etc. Torsion bar height adjustments made. Front end has...

www.forcbodiesonly.com

Long story short - I also changed a seal to fix a leak. The steering shaft (worm shaft) seal. I didn't take much of it apart, but I did mix up a couple parts, I corrected that, but I still end up with a very touchy steering gear that wants to turn the wheels in either direction if given the chance. I've lost the wheels self-centering ability when the car is moving. I'm going to work more on this over the winter, I have a spare steering gear box that I can putz with at the same time.

But definately post here what you find about yours.

Will do, I'll probably post a video tonight of the steering wheel on here as well.

 

[Chris RB]

Here's the video of what's going on.

This video was taken with the front of the car lifted off the ground.

 

[Chris RB]

Well, after redoing this thing 3 times I've finally fixed it...

Turns out it was the O rings I replaced. The ones I put in were so close to the original ones that came out of it but were ever so slightly thicker. I wouldn't have thought this would have made a difference but it did.
I bought a seal kit from Rockauto: "Edelmann 8518", as they were designed specifically for this job.

I put it back together and all my steering problems were fixed.

Hope this is useful information for someone.

Cheers,
Chris

 

[MoPar~Man]

Well, after redoing this thing 3 times I've finally fixed it...

Turns out it was the O rings I replaced. The ones I put in were so close to the original ones that came out of it but were ever so slightly thicker. I wouldn't have thought this would have made a difference but it did.
I bought a seal kit from Rockauto: "Edelmann 8518", as they were designed specifically for this job.

I put it back together and all my steering problems were fixed.

Hope this is useful information for someone.

Cheers,
Chris

Are you talking about this o-ring?

Because the spool valve itself has no o-rings on it.

 

[Chris RB]

Are you talking about this o-ring?

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Because the spool valve itself has no o-rings on it.

Yes, that O ring (and the other 4).