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Blubird68 · 08-12-2021, 11:24 PM

Hey guys I have a 2010 Camaro SS, I had my steering pump, lines and rack and pinion replaced back in February. I started to get a whine and shuttering so I took it back in, they ended up replacing the rack and pinion again, said it was leaking and covered under warranty which I was surprised. But they told me it would take 2 weeks to break in and how it had a lot of air in the system. I don’t drive the car very far, I live close to work so I probably put 8 miles a day on it. But it still will occasionally whine when turning and some times it feels like the power steering isn’t engaged at all because I will have no power at all like there isn’t a fluid being pumped. I don’t know much about steering and suspension but this doesn’t seem right

morepowerjoe · 08-13-2021, 03:20 AM

Sounds like you may have gotten a bad pump. I'm not sure but I don't have any problems like that with mine.

gtstorey · 08-13-2021, 08:44 AM

It could be air, but they should have worked harder at getting it out before they returned it if it is. I would take it into an empty parking lot and drive it turning lock to lock, or jack the front end of the car up and work it back and forth.

08-12-2021, 11:24 PM	#1
Blubird68 Drives: 1993 z28/2010 2SS Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Las Vegas/Oshawa Posts: 115	Rack and pinion problems Hey guys I have a 2010 Camaro SS, I had my steering pump, lines and rack and pinion replaced back in February. I started to get a whine and shuttering so I took it back in, they ended up replacing the rack and pinion again, said it was leaking and covered under warranty which I was surprised. But they told me it would take 2 weeks to break in and how it had a lot of air in the system. I don’t drive the car very far, I live close to work so I probably put 8 miles a day on it. But it still will occasionally whine when turning and some times it feels like the power steering isn’t engaged at all because I will have no power at all like there isn’t a fluid being pumped. I don’t know much about steering and suspension but this doesn’t seem right

08-13-2021, 03:20 AM	#2
morepowerjoe Drives: 2012 Chevrolet Camaro l99 Join Date: Aug 2020 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 2,232	Sounds like you may have gotten a bad pump. I'm not sure but I don't have any problems like that with mine. __________________ DSS Pistons, Eagle ESP L19 Rods, ARP Head and Main Studs, TSP PRC CNC Ported Heads milled .030, Cometic .040 Head Gaskets, GPI SS3 VVT Camshaft, GM Racing Lifters, CHE Trunnions, Melling 10355HV Oil Pump, Cold Air Inductions CAI, Fast LSXR Intake Manifold, Nick Williams 103 TB, TSP Longtubes, ZL1 Fuel Pump, Mishimoto Radiator and Oil Cooler, 3600 Circle D Converter, Tru Cool 40k Tranny Cooler, Fluid Dynamics Balancer, EBC 3GD Rotors with EBC Bluestuff NDX Pads, Bilstein B6 Shocks / Struts with Eibach ZL1 Drop Springs Build Thread https://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=609817

08-13-2021, 08:44 AM	#3
gtstorey Drives: 2010 Camaro SS2,L99, LSA SC Join Date: Aug 2017 Location: Huntsville, AL Posts: 2,438	It could be air, but they should have worked harder at getting it out before they returned it if it is. I would take it into an empty parking lot and drive it turning lock to lock, or jack the front end of the car up and work it back and forth.