I would think you are talking about the Rack & Penion sterring cylinder. You do not have to remove it to replace the starter.
The cylinder that I think you are talking about is mounted on the front end housing and it is a 4 wheel drive actuator. nothing will happen if you remove it and install it again, but be carefull some of them have a spacer inside. Chevy trucks of that year did not use a rack and pinion steering.
AnswerIf its a standard tranny prob the clutch hydralic cylinder. Answerclutch slave cylinderSounds like a failed starter.
It means your master cylinder needs to be replaced or rebuilt. The seals inside the cylinder can go bad and cause this to happen.
Could be a faulty ground wire. Not very rare to happen
There are two SMALL wires on the starter. They are connected wrong.
it may be the starter going out doing it . it will kill the alternator if it keeps going . I know i had it happen to my 96 olds replaced the alt still didnt start and the starter fixed it
excess pressure would be dumped to tank via the relief valve and nothing would go nowhere hopefully. Otherwise you would bend your hydraulic cylinder rod , or sheer the shaft on your motor .
hydraulic action and corrosion
The integral system has the hydraulic boost happen inside the steering box rather than act on a cylinder on the outside of the steering box. Both systems use an externally mounted pump.
It might happen because of a faulty starter gasket. :)
A small amount of hydraulic oil mixed with a full tank of diesel fuel, nothing.
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That can happen when the starter has failed.