The front suspension may have excessive positive camber
A front suspension system has excessive steering effort and rapid steering wheel return. The most likely cause of this problem is
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Failure of the Power Steering system.
Failure of the power steering system.
The problem with this concern could easily be the steering gear. The power steering pump is responsible for providing fluid pressure but the steering gear will provide steering assist with the fluid pressure depending on steering wheel input. with the front wheels suspended and the engine off with the pittman arm disconnected from the steering gear the wheels turned left to right by hand at the tires should turn with the same effort both ways. if not, the concern is within the suspension (ball joints) or steering someplace. If the steering effort is the same suspect a steering gear fault.
It depends on how you define hard to steer. If you mean it requires excessive effort, I would look for a seized, broken or otherwise malfunctioning power steering pump. In the 85, it is just underneath the alternator. If by hard to steer you mean hard to keep control, you almost definitely have a suspension problem. Either way, unless you know exactly what you are doing, a professional should do these kinds of repairs
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NV7 is with Variable Effort Steering. N40 is with Non-Variable Effort Steering. Check the "Service Parts Identification" sticker for your car. Variable Effort Steering will have an electronic control valve on one side of the power steering pump with an electrical connector. The Variable Effort Steering "EVO" valve adjust the amount of power steering assist. It is intended to make the steering stiffer at higher speeds. This helps prevent the vehicle from wandering at highway speeds.
This could be the problem. When this system came out in the 97's they had a lot of problems with them. Question, does it really get wild steering going down the highway? Owners said it would get really hard to steer then get real loose. Good luck. Normally just when I am stopped trying to back up or park
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The only dangers that might arise from driving a vehicle with a failing power steering pump is burning up/breaking the belt that is driving the pump IF and ONLY IF the pump seizes up. The other problem you might have is the increased effort to steer the car. As long as the increased effort while driving is not a problem you can at least drive it to a service station to get it repaired.
air in fluid, insufficient fluid, leaky rack, plugged filter/strainer (if present) excessive effort required (at steering stop or wheel blocked), defective pump (internal seals), slipping belt, defective belt, defective pulley, defective belt tensioner are the first few that come to mind, other steering rack noises unrelated to power steering are also possible.