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  1. 6th October 2013, 06:01 PM #1
    CRR88
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    Power Steering Issue

    OK guy's perhaps someone can help me out here. Today I had an alternator fail on my 87 Classic 3.5 V8 as soon as I lost the alternator I also lost power steering. I drove the car wrestling the steering until the battery died & then pinched a battery for a mates dual system to get me the rest of the way home. As soon as I changed over to the mates fully charge battery power steering returned ......WTF ...... am I missing something what has the battery got to do with power steering, I thought the power steering was just a straight hydraulic system.
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  2. 6th October 2013, 06:37 PM #2
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    It didn't drop or loosen the fan belt did it?
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  3. 6th October 2013, 07:33 PM #3
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    No Slunnie belts were fine no slipping
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  4. 7th October 2013, 08:12 AM #4
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    Seeing as the alternator is driven off the power steering pulley I think a slipping power steering belt is the most likely answer. You need to swing the pump out after loosening the adjuster lock nut underneath it.
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  5. 7th October 2013, 08:24 AM #5
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    my first thoughts to bee uty but there was nothing wrong, belts had correct tension and pulleys turning just fine it's got me stuffed but it did just lose power steering and regain it as soon as the battery was replaced. I did a lot of searching to the and find the issue before the battery was changed out.
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  6. 7th October 2013, 07:23 PM #6
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    Well you are 100% correct in thinking the battery has nothing to do with the power steering. The only point of interface between the two systems is the belt. Two possibilities that come to my mind- either the belt was loose, or your power steering pump is on it's way out and the timing was pure coincidence. These pumps can get 'lazy', one of mine lost hydraulic power intermittently until I changed the pump.
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  7. 8th October 2013, 05:52 AM #7
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    I guess I will just have to chalk it up as one of those Land Rover things ..... you know the ones that just happen .... because it's a Land Rover .... gotta love them
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