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Frozen Steering

Discussion in 'Early CJ5 and CJ6 Tech' started by Hellsfyer, Nov 28, 2006.

  1. Nov 28, 2006
    Hellsfyer

    Hellsfyer New to Old Jeeps

    Gooding, IDAHO
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    Rookie Jeeper here. Got kind of a weird question.

    Is it "Normal" for the steering to be frozen on really cold mornings? It will roll, so the wheels are not frozen, but the side to side motion is solid. I have to rock it back and forth (with motor running to warm things up) and after a while of doing this, it finally gets loose.

    This is my 1970 cj5 with 225 Buick V6 with no power steering (this spring I hope).

    Any suggestions would help. I did a search, and couldn't find anything in older discussions on it.


    Mucho appreciato.

    Jim
    :v6:
     
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  2. Nov 28, 2006
    Vanguard

    Vanguard Take Off! Staff Member

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    Sounds like you need to have a look at the whatever lube is being used inside the steering box. From your description I'd suspect water got into it.
     
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  3. Nov 28, 2006
    Warloch

    Warloch Did you say Flattie??? Staff Member

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    Yup - water or I have seen a 140wt pudding do that in the cold as well.
     
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    lamar

    lamar Member

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    if you have a steering stabilizer on it,it could be going bad.had one once that did the same thing,disconnected it and it worked fine,
     
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  5. Nov 29, 2006
    Hellsfyer

    Hellsfyer New to Old Jeeps

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    So, am I hearing that I need to change out lube/fluid in the steering box? What exactly do I put back in there??? Gear oil?

    Thanks for the help. Jeep rookie very thankful.

    Can I say it out loud that this site rocks?
     
    Hellsfyer, Nov 29, 2006
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