Toyota Repair: toyota camry 1996 2.2l 5 speed, sterring wheel, toyota camry


Question
I EMAILED YOUABOUT MY STEERING PUMP PROBLEM AND YOU WERE RIGHT I NEEDED THE BELT TIGHTINED BUT NOW IT MAKES A HUMMING SOUND WHEN TURNING AND WHEN IT GET TO THE VERY END OF THE TURN IT MAKES A SOUND NOT A YELLING OR SQUWEEKING SOUND NOTHING LIKE THAT ITS MORE LIKE A RUBBING SOUND LIKE IF THE BELT WAS RUBBING AGAINS SUMTHING(JUST DESCRIBING HOW THE SOUND SOUNDS LIKE BELT IS NOT RUBBING AGAINST ANYTHING JUST DESCRIBING THE SOUND) AND WHEN YOU HOLD THE STEERING WHEEL TILL THE END FOR A FEW SECONDS IT GETS LOUDER AND TURNS IN TO A VIBRATING ALL COMMING FROM THE STEERING PUMP AND IT SOUND LIKE THE PUMP IS SHAKING YOU NOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS WAHT IT COULD CAUSE THIS DID I PURCHASE A BAD PUMP OR DO SOMETHING WRONG LONGER I KEEP IT LOUDER IT GETS AND WORSE I THINK NOW WHEN I TURN I GET A VIBRATION ON THE STEERING WHEEL DIDNT HAPPEND BEFORE I HELD THE STERRING WHEEL AND MADE THE PUMP DO ALL THAT NOISE. ITS ALL DEFENATLY COMEING FROM THE PUMP WITH OUT A DOUGHT.
LET ME NOW IF YOU NOW WHAT MY PROBLEM IS AND IF YOU CAN HELP ME FIX IT

Answer
You should never hold the wheel at full right or left. That put full pump pressure to the rack and the rack cant go any farther.
It will always hum/buzz a little at "full turn".

You may have air in the system.Fill it up and turn back and forth 10-15 times then shut off
wait 15 min and do that again. then check the level.

If it still makes noise then, you may have gotten a bad pump.

Mike