1991 triton has very tight steering when turning

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Steering rack isnt your problem. First question is has the car suspention been altered in any way. Lowerd or anything.

This more than likely is an alighnment issue. Inproper alightnment can cause a hard steering effort, Slow return to center after turning, and many other things.

Do you have any unusual tire wear?

The problem may be in your caster. Has the car ever been in a front end accident of a side collision tword the front end. If you caster between the driver and passanger side one wheel will be influenced more than the other, which will cause the wheels not to return to the steer ahead position giving you this tight steering issue. Dose you car have any pulling issues from one side to the other?

You will need to take it to a shop and get your alighnment checked. Alot of shops do a free alighnment check.

If your alighnment is bad Have them do the alighnment and ask the tech. and the manager to examin your caster settings. If Caster is way out then I would sugest getting a diagnostic alighnment done and checking the set back of the side in questions.

If the car was in a accident a bent lower control arm could be what is affecting your caster

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It is not normal may be a tie rod issue dodge has just released an inner tied rod package cause the problems they are having with them

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jack up the front wheels one at a time, turn the steering wheel all the way to the right or left and turn the wheel by hand. i think you have a bad u-joint behind the front wheel(s). if you have a bad u-joint then the wheels won't turn smoothly.

good luck

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hey srinivasbham,

This is how i would start, the most common problem with loosing your power steering is low fluid. The first thing i would do is check your power steering level. If it is significantly low, this is most likely your problem, just top it off and your on your way. Two other common problems are the power steering pump failing and a loose serpentine belt.

If the pump is failing then it starts to make a groaning noise, but before you think the pump is bad make sure the fluid is full. Also if your serpentine belt is the problem you will get a high pitch squeal while turning.
Start their, and let me know i you need more info.

SOURCE: 2005 toyota sienna van power steering very hard

Most likely the problem is the lower steering knuckle. This is the one outside of the firewall, under the vehicle and it hooks up to the power steering assist cylinder. In my opinion the knuckle has to work at an unreasonably steep angle and this compounds the problem. The knuckle (especially in salt areas starts to corrode and becomes hard to turn. Toyota says the water gets into the bearing and they beings to rust the bearing and turning the whell starts to feel stiff. I have this problem and I sprayed liberal amounts of a rust inhibitor that a local place uses to rust proof cars (They sell small spray bottles of it for $5). They are called OIL TECH in Barrie, Ontario and make up their own formula. The formula has addatives that breaks the surface tension on the oil treatment and gets it into the tiny cracks and crevices on your vehicle. I sprayed this all over the knuckle, turned it back and forth a couple of times and continued spraying. I let it sit for an hour and went for a test drive -- problem solved. You could actually see the rust on the exposed parts of the knuckle. I probably will have to do this once every month of two but what the heck. It is a lot cheaper than having to replace the steering shaft ($1000+???) Probably other types of rust proofing or lubricating oils will work. I long for the old days of grease fittings and you never had to replace ball joints and tie rod ends etc.
Norm