So, my wife was doing donuts.....

why?

 

yeah i was thinking the same thing

 

anytime you hold the steering wheel against the lock hard, even when not doing donuts, is bad. The power steering is still trying to push and the stop isnt allowing it. My sister had a saab and she was talking to a friend at the mall while holding pressure on the wheel and it blew a line. The oil was all over the place and hit the exhaust and caught fire. the fire burned through the radiator and when the coolant hit the oil fire spread it all over and the car burned to the ground. i was standing there pretty helpless...

Ever since then i wont even turn my wheels on dry pavement unless the truck is moving. Ex. when backing out a parking spot wheels cranked to the left...then i put in first and start rolling forward then turn to the right to drive on...

OP replace PS pump and youll be fine

 

so i could play in the snow

 

i was just saying because a 2wd is all you need for donuts and having a blast in parking lots.

 

yeah i'll probably find some parking lots when it gets icey

 

I HATE weather guys
Predicted 4" of snow... we got some cold rain. 50 miles north of here, they got like 10 inches.

 

Hell of a wife you got there, bud. My girlfriend is the same way. She's got spunk! She backs down to no one.

 

Ok, so I seem to have killed my P/S pump doing donuts in the snow as well.The pump started screaming and I lost power assist. I got a reman pump from Advance and installed/bled the system last night. I works great for the first few minutes of a cold start, but after that only has assist above 1500 - 1750 RPM. Did I kill the rack as well?

 

i did the same thing no joke!!!
put a pin hole in my rack and pinion and need to get it replaced but im to cheap....
and burn out the pump!
good stop leak and a new pump should fix the problem