I had power steering put in my '60 Bel Air and it has never worked correctly. I took it back to the shop that originally put it in and they said they would have the gearbox rebuilt. When I picked it up--they said they had the pump rebuilt, so I'm not sure which really got rebuilt. Anyway, the steering has been worse than ever, since I got it back. Can anyone recommend a shop located in Oklahoma around either the Tulsa, Broken Arrow, Coweta, Sapulpa, or Glenpool area where I can get this fixed once and for all. I'm NOT taking it back to the shop where I originally had it put in. Thanks for any suggestions!
I'm just curious whether you have the original power steering, which they used 58-64 full sized, -82 Corvette, and 62-67 Chevy II, or whether you have a late model set up using a steering box from another car? I don't have a shop to recomend, but if I knew which system you were using I might be able to suggest what is wrong with it. The original Chevy system had a normal looking pump (attached to the back of the generator on early cars), hooked to a hydraulic ram, and a control valve on one end of the steering linkage. The later one has just a pump and a box and two hoses connecting them. Almost all the parts for the early system swap between cars(Bel Air, Corvette, Chevy II), if I remember correctly, and are still available rebuilt from most parts shops.
I have a later setup, which was made for an S10. It does seem to become slightly easier to steer after I've been driving it a while and the RPM's increase. Thanks for the response! CathyH
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