Power steering - Hopping and whinning when i turn the steering wheel

[ko5za]

Hey there my name is Kory and im new to the forum.
Iv recently bought a 1989 Troopy, it has power steering on it and i took it to the beach today. After i parked the car back at home and let it sit for 2-3 hours it has developed a dysfunctional power steering mechanism.

When i steer to the left or right the steering wheel hops from easy to hard effort to turn it. also it has a little whining sound which only happened when i turned hard at max right or left.

if anyone can help me it would be much appreciated!!

Thankyou in advance

 

[Chas]

Have you got the front diff locked? that would produce those symptoms I think.

 

[ko5za]

upon leaving the beach my brother turned them... so personally i didn't turn them... i will definitely check if he did them correctly.

thankyou

 

[Victor]

It sound as if you are thinking of the manual locking hubs, what Cossak was speaking of is a lever/button in the car you press to lock the front differential so that both front wheels turns at the same speed no matter what you do =)

 

[Trevor]

Low power steering fluid level?

 

[Jimbo4x4]

slack p/s belt?