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Old Jun 28, 2010 | 12:17 PM
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Default Steering box leaking? Possible? 1999

I suppose anything is possible but I have never run into this before.
I have a leak dripping of the center link on my 99 suburban. I think it's the steering box. The A/C lines are wet also which are slightly forward of the steering box. Everthing in the area is wet but I can't see the leak at idle. I think it may spit more out going down the highway or at higher rpms. Has anyone run into this before??? Am I missing something?

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Old Jun 28, 2010 | 1:24 PM
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i've had steering boxes leak before...

you could have someone take it up to 2,000 rpm in park and rock the wheel back / forth...
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Old Jun 28, 2010 | 8:45 PM
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craigpete: Welcome to the forum.

Really need to thoroughly clean all of the area where there's leakage cuz the airstream will blow a small leak a long ways from the source.
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Old Jun 28, 2010 | 9:00 PM
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Clean everything up with brake clean and fill the p/s up to the full mark. Then turn the steering wheel all the way to one side against the stop. Then have someone rock the wheel on and off the stop (while it is running) while you look underneath for the leak.
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