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Cadillac & LaSalle Club Forums => Technical / Authenticity => Topic started by: Harold Brown on February 14, 2024, 11:58:26 AM

Title: Power steering
Post by: Harold Brown on February 14, 2024, 11:58:26 AM
1952 s62 power steering pump and lines get very hot and steering gets what I call spongy. Pump is rebuilt and lines are new,any suggestions?
Title: Re: Power steering
Post by: Cadillac Jack 82 on February 14, 2024, 02:56:48 PM

Coupling adjusted too tightly?  lubrication not circulating properly?
Title: Re: Power steering
Post by: Harold Brown on February 15, 2024, 08:59:05 AM
What is the coupling you are referring too?
Title: Re: Power steering
Post by: Jeff Rosansky CLC #28373 on February 15, 2024, 09:06:32 AM
I had this issue on our 55. Well, the heat anyway. It turns out I had a blockage in a line. They were brand new, and 1 had a global of crap in it. So, check to be sure you have good fluid flow.
Jeff R