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On Studebaker Avantis equipped with power steering, if the two hydraulic hoses which connect to the power steering ram are reversed, the steering will 'freeze' in the neutral, straight ahead position......True?

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Ouch, no false. You don't want to do this. The steering wheel will whip back and forth wildly. If you service the steering and don't pay attention, I would recommend that you don not reach through the spokes of the steering wheel to the ignition switch when you start it!!!!

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22 hours ago, brad said:

Ouch, no false. You don't want to do this. The steering wheel will whip back and forth wildly. If you service the steering and don't pay attention, I would recommend that you don not reach through the spokes of the steering wheel to the ignition switch when you start it!!!!

That would be a nightmare!!....False is CORRECT!

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On 12/11/2017 at 2:27 PM, mfg said:

That would be a nightmare!!....False is CORRECT!

I can confirm, that wheel will wip violentlty!  When I first got my car running in '15, I was trying to catch up with all the leaks and power sterring was number 3.  I tackled that one simultaneously with all the cooling hoses and radiator recore.  Rebuilt the pump etc.  Fortunately I had put the pressure relief valve in backwards so initially, no pressure.  Then I figured that out.  Got back in the car and started it and initially the wheel was totally still...and then I started to try to bleed the system.  OMG!!!  Had I been reaching through the wheel while starting the car from outside, I might be still signing my checks left handed!

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