Cannot turn steering wheel with ease after going

spray c r c in lock ;;trumlber is stuck

it could be a pump fault. have some one at the front of the car watching the pump. some one sit in the drivers seat and parked up start engine and wiggle the steering wheel left and right see how the pump is acting. engine revs should drop and rise when doing this if no drop etc then the pump fins inside are warn. If this is all ok jack the front off the ground and put on stands, turn the steering to full on each side at a time and check the steering rack joints and balls and the condition of the rubbers. look for leaks in the line wile you under there.

Is the wheel turned one way or the other? if so you need to try to turn the steering wheel back and forth.It will not be easy.You may have better luck if you jack both front wheels off the ground then try to turn the steering wheel.

This is cause from the automatic steering lock mechanism. Let me give you a little secret that 99% of the time fixes this.

Let me explain. The design is suppose to work like this. You get out into your car, put the key in and slightly turn the wheel to the left and it unlock the steering mechanize. BUT sometimes it gets jammed, like in your case. There are two ways to get this unlocked or jammed to get your key out. Number one is, while key is in of course, really try hard to move your steering wheel back and forth to unlock this jam in steering wheel lock mechanize. On small cars this normally works. But here is my big secret that will help you, it sounds funny but works 99% of the time.

What you do, is you need to get the weight of the front wheels, as that is what needs to be turned and eases the tension off the wheels, to turn wheel a inch of so, until the mechanism release to pull key out. So, This sounds funny, but works. Jack up the front of your Blazer, and after front end is jacked up, so wheels are off ground, then try and turn wheel hard and pull key out. I assure you, sounds funny but works. If not, then you have a broken key ignition, but I would not worry about that, just follow my instructions on the jack up method. Please if this helps you, maybe you can rate my help and a positive testimony would be nice for this free advice and solution. Thanks Mike

Try jacking up the front wheels off the ground & then turn steering wheel back & forth while turning ignition key.

There are several possible causes, varying in severity, that could be responsible:

• Lack of power steering fluid
• Bad or worn serpentine belt - would slip when turning causing a squeal and/or difficulty steering
• Bad wheel bearings - this would cause the wheel to wobble, and squeal on turns
• Bad ball joint(s)
• Bad steering box

ther should be a steering wheel lock in the colum that engages when the vehicle is shut off . if you slid into the ditch and your wheels are turned or ther is a lot of presure on the wheels or colum then the lock wont disengage( the lock is jambed up because of the presure on it) try to remove the presure on the wheels and pull opposite on the steering wheel. if you get rid of enough presure on the lock it should turn again

bad steering problems,,your steering rack most likely,but,have you recently been stuck in ditch? when wheels are straight, look at front of car when parked. do wheels look funny? one going one way, and the other going the other? may be alignment. is it leaking any fluid on either side of the front of the car? drivers side? passenger side? if it's not out of alignment,,,wheels out of alignment,,the steering rack is the problem. it may be faulty. if not leaking fluid,it may still be bad. first i would make a visual test look under the vehicle while someone turned the steering wheel to right and left while car is in park,emergency brake on!! look at the steering arms while they turn the steering wheel from right to left. no fluid leaks? any resistance in turning the wheel? any leaks,if so,go to leak and repair with steering line replacement.no leaks? suspect a bad steering rack. hope this helps and thank you for choosing fixya.com i love to volunteer

i'll bet this is a front wheel drive or four wheel drive. when the front wheels are tied to the drive train. the front axle shafts bearings can go kaput. jack up the vehicle and turn the steering wheel all the way to one side and spin one tire at a time by hand. you are bound to hear snaping and cracking coming from the axle shafts.

Sounds like a spool valve in the steering box but the truck is too new to have that problem. Jack the front end up and see if there is still a difference left to right