Check to see if there is any play with the front wheels moving side to side
by pulling/pushing on it from the side. Could it be the pulley on your
power steering pump? As you turn the steering wheel the pump is under more
strain to pump the fluid. Bad bearings? Have you tried raising the wheel
and rotating it by hand to see if the squeal is still there?
-----Original Message-----
From: Davidson, Kevin [mailto:ked@iti-oh.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 3:30 PM
To: 'dakota-truck@buffnet.net'
Subject: Re: DML: squeal when steeringwheel's hard over
...I don't claim to be an expert, but I *can* tell the difference
between a noisy belt and something else squealing. It is not
belt noise. The noise pulsates according to *vehicle* speed, not
engine speed. It's entirely unrelated to the engine.
I noticed this morning that it's now doing it not only at full
steering lock, but even when turning to go around corners and
such, it'll start the squeal and then stop once I'm going straight
again. Sounds exactly like brake squeal, oscillating with each
tire revolution. I'm wondering if the pad's wear-indicators are
maybe dragging - but why would they only drag when the wheels are
turned? Or what about wheel bearings?
-kevin d.
97 cc V6 5sp 4x2
3923's, 8.5mm superconductors, 180 tstat, homebrew k&n
> - ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Davidson, Kevin" <ked@iti-oh.com>
> To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 5:52 PM
> Subject: Re: DML: squeal when steeringwheel's hard over
>
>
> > It isn't belt noise...the squeal occurs when the truck is
> > moving, and it speeds up or slows down with vehicle speed,
> > about one squeal per tire revolution. When the truck stops
> > rolling, the squeal stops. It sounds like brake squeal, but
> > it happens when the brakes are not applied (and my brakes
> > don't even squeal to begin with).
>
> um, the belts turn with the engine speed, faster the speed
> the faster the
> belts.
>
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