Lose Steering Wheel

Wow! Ok Now i'm Thanking God that nothing has happend when i've driven it! We've got a guy who's done some basic work on it for us before and he didn't seem to think it was that big a deal. But apparently it is! I really do appreciate your help with this. I won't be driving it anymore!

The steering wheel hard to turn sounds to me like there is a power steering leak or no fluid

That's one thing we've For sure Checked, the power steering fluid levels were Ok.

Justanold was right. Stop driving it. I have a 92 full size bronco that when I first bought it, it actually had the same problem. I took apart the steering collumn and found the upper steering shaft and bearings in shreds. The shaft had been worn into by the constant turning on straight metal instead of the bearings it should have had that had come apart completely.

If you want to do it yourself it is pretty simple to change, and I'd be happy to walk you through the steps, you just need to purchase the bearings and depending on the condition of the shaft a new one or one out of a junkyard but you're gonna want new bearings.

Or have it taken to a shop and have them check it out, but make sure to have them look at the bearings first which I'm pretty sure since like I said that's describing perfectly what happened to me. Good luck and let us know what your plans are :)

Thanks ya'll for the help and advice. My DH is talking to his best friend today to see if we can take the truck over to his house and let him work on it when he can. Thankfully we've got 3 trucks so I won't be without a vehicle.

Merlin I looked up Sector Shaft on Autozone. Com and it doesn't show anything. Any ideas on what to look under?