Steering Seizing?

[ProStreetDriver]

My R50 has been sitting for about a month and I took it for a drive a couple times in the last week and the steering is basically seizing up. It feels like there is no power steering when I turn, but when I turn a corner, it won't correct itself. I took a wheel off looking for grease nipples on the tie rod or ball joint, but there is nothing. Any ideas???

[Precise1]

Is the power steering pump working?? Is there sufficient fluid??

 

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[ProStreetDriver]

Thanks for your help Just checked it and there is no fluid. When I bought the truck, it was full

 

Maybe I can just put some stop leak in it, if its just a small leak.

[nunya]

hunt down the leak, could be something simple. Proably ain't but could be. That plus if it leaked out sitting, what you think it's gonna do with pressure?

[Precise1]

The leak could be on the low pressure side, Nunya.

 

Honestly, I'd wipe things down along the reservoir, pump, lines and box as much as is reasonable and refill it in order to try to find the leak before determining how to fix it. Stop-Leak is not always worth trying...

 

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[ProStreetDriver]

Didn't want to start another thread so I'll just continue this one. So I put some fluid in it a while ago, and its been sitting and I did take it for a couple drives. Hasn't gone down, but the steering is still ridiculously hard to turn like before.

 

Is it possible that there is air locked in the lines somewhere and where would I bleed the system from???