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Stiff Steering - Upper Bearing Failure? 900

posted by  jwalker on  Thu Mar 14 19:37 CST 2019
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+1 on upper steering shaft u-joint. Except in my case, Marty, it was the lower u-joint!

That happened on my 90 240. Stiff, unpredictable steering. I used WD-40 to lubricate the both u-joints. Also happened on my 95 850. Seems to be a common problem on older, high mileage Volvos. Neither upper or lower steering shaft u-joints are protected. Road salt and grime eventually get inside the u-joints.

It can feel like the rack is going south. Definitely check for binding in the u-joints before condemning the rack.

J
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