Leaking Power Steering Fluid

[RangerBoy94]

I've been leaking fluid since I got my truck running and its finaly bothering me enough to fix it. I have to fill it up every 2 weeks or so. I did a little search on here and I think I have a bad selector shaft seal??? It drips off of the pitman arm if thats any help??Would it be worth it to rebuild my box or just go to the jy and get a different box???

 

[killj0y]

Just another ranger, I think that's the way it was designed. In order to make sure you cycle through clean fluids lol. J/k mines been liter that since forever, changed the hoses then gave up....some day maybe some day

 

[jhammel85]

Sounds like the seal to me.

Either the seal is bad or the shaft is worn. Since it's expensive to replace it with a new or used box, I would throw in a new seal kit and see what happens. If it still leaks, the old seal put a groove in the shaft and it's leaking past it. Then it would be time for a new / used box...at least you only lose 12 bucks on the seal kit!

 

[adsm08]

I'm with Jhammel. Throw a seal at it first and see what happens. If you pull the seal out and see a groove, you need a new shaft too.

 

[AllanD]

What I would do is go looking for "Junkyard Gold"

In other words find a Ranger or gen1 Explorer in a junkyard
where someone else already spent the money on a remanufactured
steering box.

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