Frying noise from steering wheel?

[Jonas Nordstrom]

This goes to show that pictures are very important when trying to help diagnose issues.

Yes, sound is there when standing still, not moving the wheel.
Been busy with the house but will start looking for electrical gremlins connected to the horn. Starting with the horn relay.

 

[Geoff 2]

Get fr wheels off the ground so that steering wheel can be turned easily. Disconnect battery & turn wheel to see if noise is still present. If it is, it is a mechanical issue, not electrical.

 

[Geoff 2]

Oops! missed post #41.

 

[Jonas Nordstrom]

Oops! missed post #41.

Yes, sound is only when engine is running, steering wheel not moving.
So, electrical gremlin.

The only thing I have changed is a new steering box.

 

[70 sublime]

Does the steering wheel make the sound when the engine is running but does it also make it when engine not running but the key is on in the run position ??

 

[Jonas Nordstrom]

Does the steering wheel make the sound when the engine is running but does it also make it when engine not running but the key is on in the run position ??

Nope, only when engine is running

 

[furious70]

Nope, only when engine is running

Maybe because not enough juice without the alt?
If you have a battery charger hook that up and turn key to run to see if you hear the noise. Should be easier to hear without the engine running

 

[70 sublime]

You say you have changed the steering box recently
The steering wheel only makes the noise when engine is running
No noise when key is on but engine not running

Starting to wonder if it is a vibration coming from steering box and it comes up the steering column ?
If the new steering box is a factory style box and you jack the front wheels off the ground and start the engine do the wheels want to turn one way on their own ?
Wonder if there is a little steering fluid pressure leaking past making the noise ?

Just not sure how the noise can be electric related if it does not do in when engine is off

 

[Jonas Nordstrom]

You say you have changed the steering box recently
The steering wheel only makes the noise when engine is running
No noise when key is on but engine not running

Starting to wonder if it is a vibration coming from steering box and it comes up the steering column ?
If the new steering box is a factory style box and you jack the front wheels off the ground and start the engine do the wheels want to turn one way on their own ?
Wonder if there is a little steering fluid pressure leaking past making the noise ?

Just not sure how the noise can be electric related if it does not do in when engine is off

Yep, you and others are right about it being mechanical.

So, sometime since I posted in this thread but I did an electrical hunt in the car with voltage drops checks etc etc, disconnecting horn relays, checking alternator voltage and battery charge.
Everything checked out and my car got new wiring just some years ago.

Scratching my head I had a talk with my neighbor who is a seasoned car guy....he listened to it and described it as a mechanical sound, def coming from the steering parts (Borgeson box/Saginaw pump)

So, time to remove the pump belt and check.

 

[bradfly]

Yep, you and others are right about it being mechanical.

So, sometime since I posted in this thread but I did an electrical hunt in the car with voltage drops checks etc etc, disconnecting horn relays, checking alternator voltage and battery charge.
Everything checked out and my car got new wiring just some years ago.

Scratching my head I had a talk with my neighbor who is a seasoned car guy....he listened to it and described it as a mechanical sound, def coming from the steering parts (Borgeson box/Saginaw pump)

So, time to remove the pump belt and check.

Hi,
I have a similar sound. Mine is coming from the power steering hoses transferring fluid noise, which is heard and felt though the steering shaft and steering wheel. I am told this is normal result of installing the Borgenson box kit with pump and cooler. I would like to find a solution to this.

 

[Jonas Nordstrom]

Hi,
I have a similar sound. Mine is coming from the power steering hoses transferring fluid noise, which is heard and felt though the steering shaft and steering wheel. I am told this is normal result of installing the Borgenson box kit with pump and cooler. I would like to find a solution to this.

Yep, same situation with me.

 

[WileE]

Nope, only when engine is running

Which means ignition is on. Is there a plug wire shorting out on the steering box or shaft ?

 

[Jonas Nordstrom]

Which means ignition is on. Is there a plug wire shorting out on the steering box or shaft ?

No, it is as Bradfly posted.
The noise is from the borgeson box and it is transmitting up through the steering column.

 

[Cranky]

My fat ex wife would dream of frying noises.
Ham. Beef. Chickens and bacon.

No Menudo?

 

[Kern Dog]

She was not Hispanic, just obese.

 

[WileE]

No, it is as Bradfly posted.
The noise is from the borgeson box and it is transmitting up through the steering column.

Interesting. In over 50+ years I've never heard a crackling/frying noise from a steering box.

 

[Jonas Nordstrom]

Hi,
I have a similar sound. Mine is coming from the power steering hoses transferring fluid noise, which is heard and felt though the steering shaft and steering wheel. I am told this is normal result of installing the Borgenson box kit with pump and cooler. I would like to find a solution to this.

What hose and oil do you use?
Did you use any extra shims in the pump?

Im running a saginaw pump.

And yes, the sound is louder at idle and almost goes away when actively turning.

 

[HEMIB]

What hose and oil do you use?
Did you use any extra shims in the pump?

Im running a saginaw pump.

And yes, the sound is louder at idle and almost goes away when actively turning.

Sounds like it could be the bypass valve in the power steering pump loading & unloading maybe that's why it is louder at idle

 

[Mackman]

My Borgeson box started hissing lately.