[84excursion]

Can you bleed a power steering system, and How?

My problem is that the power steering cuts out, at times, sort of acts like a tire has come to rest against the radius arm and won't move without strong arming it.

Could this be the gearbox?

 

[J A F O]

you might find that your PS fluid is getting hot and affecting your steering response. Another possibilty is your pump just isn't up to it anymore. As I started increasing tire size, steering ability went south quickly. I noticed a difference mostly after things got warmed up and experienced some dead spots when I REALLY needed to turn tightly.
Nothing made such a remarkable improvement as much as swapping out the old pump for a saginaw. Contact BadassBronco, he might be able to help you get one (Saginaw).

 

[GearHead]

:stupid
get a hold of badass, he's got some good deals on those pumps. when mine finaly goes, i'll be getting one from him.
if you look in the tech forum, hes got the whole pump swap run down for ya.

 

[85f150]

I have the sam eprob with mine except it is when i first start it up...but i abouse the poop out of mine in the woods with stock tires...it can barely turn them half the time...i have a saginaw waiting to go in when the 351w goes in:beer

 

[Shadofax]

As everyone mentioned, contact Zach....ummm... Badassbronco for a Saginaw upgrade.

To answer your question, yes, it can be bled by pulling the low-pressure hose. It is easy to spot, as it usually has a lame crimp-type hose fitting and that's it.