- Location
- Hartsville, South Carolina
Wheeld the xj yesterday and had an issue with the steering box. I got it off a member and had to basically redo the seals inside. Rode 3 or 4 days at the crawl with little to no issues. Wheeled one day localy with no issues. Yesterday after a short time on the trail the PS was hit of miss. It would go on and off like a light switch. Stopped and checked it all out and could not see any leaks so we figured the PS pump was about to go. Eventually it died. After a few checks we saw fluid but could nto determine where it was coming from. I finally found fluid leaking from the pitman arm seal. The seal was basically brand new, 5 or 6 days of wheeling on it. I am going to try and get it out in one piece and see what went wrong. Is this common with hydro assist or should I be looking at something else? Maybe I put it in wrong? Also I was going to do some PS pump mods, if I can find the info, will this make this issue more prevalent?