With the holiday season fast coming to a close many owner drivers may be completing maintenance tasks on their trucks. Air entrapment can occur if the hydraulic circuit is broken in any fashion. The circuit could be broken during routine maintenance or due to inadequate / worn hose clamps on the suction line of the hydraulic …
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Damaged Seal Bores
Happy new year and welcome to 2015. We wanted to start the year by briefly discussing a problem we see regularly. Seal bores damaged by levering out seals are a major cause of leaks in steering gears. The seals are under pressures of up to 7 bar or 100 Psi. Damage to the seal bore, …