wierd steering stifness in the morning

[Emerald93shoatx]

so after the car has sat for a good 6hours plus. the sterring has a stiff spot dead center. put in steering effort to pass the point then it passes it and kind jerks. after going back and forth a few times and driving for 5 mins its good to go.?? speed does not matter 2 mph or 100mph.
93 sho 3.2 atx??
fluid is topped up and clean no air bubbles. power steering pump is as quiet as can be etc.

 

[Emerald93shoatx]

Doesnt seeam to matter if cold or warm weather just if it sits a few hours.

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[Emerald93shoatx]

You can actually hear the stiff spot. Makes light clunck/groan sound. Car also only has 140 000kms.

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[pjtoledo]

pull the tie rod ends off the spindle to isolate it to rack or strut/top bearing plate, ball joints etc..
to test steering free movement of the strut with weight on the suspension, remove the tie rod and place a "grease sandwich" under the wheel.
the wheel can be turned l-r with moderate effort.
you can make a grease sandwich out of almost anything, I have used 2 parts of a bleach bottle with grease between them. scrap metal, whatever.

 

[Emerald93shoatx]

Has brand new complete front struts what if i were to jack up the front end so there's is just slight slight tire contact on the ground (gravel).?.

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[pjtoledo]

you could try that, but it will unload most of the suspension components, possibly creating different results.
you could also do the grease sandwiches with the tie rods still attached.

 

[Emerald93shoatx]

Perfect thanks. Now the only reason i think its not suspension related is because it goes away after a few minutes of driving.

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[rubydist]

I believe that is a rack issue. My red 94 had that type of issue where it couldn't decide how much boost to apply so it seemed like stiff spots in the steering. I think it is due to a bad sensor on the input shaft to the rack.

 

[Emerald93shoatx]

Its only dead center and after siting for hours.otherwise perfect.

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