was in town today with the wife+kids, noticed the compaas was playing up. Stopped the car in the walmart parking lot, well away from anyone else, put the compas in calibration mode, and started my loops. just as I was finishing my seond one, th stearing tried to wrench itself out of my hands to go straight ahead.
stopped, and pulled into a space, and jacked the acr up. power steering seems to be gone, but the fluid level appears fine. I see no leaks on the road (a baking 93F out there today) . About the only thing I could see or feel out of normal was something similar to Teflon tape, black, hanging down from what feels like some sort of cable loom, a little underneith the drivers side inside CV joint. I couldn't see any leaks, or hear any.
For the sake of completeness, its a 97 town+country lxi, with most of the extras, 3.9, and I was doing a fairly tight left loop.
Anyone has any thoughts on whats wrong, would be much appreciated. Hate for the wife to lose more than a days work because of it.