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Good day guru in the house, my highlander 2005 steering rank was leaked but it's soft and working fine,I take it to power steering mechanic to repair steering rank but to my surprise the power steering pump didn't pump again and steering is stiff then he told me I have to buy steering pump and I did he fix it steering still stiff,he return the pump and bring another one he fix it still stiff,I don't know what to do,I have been going to his office over 4days now

Check for blockage

baconline:
Check for blockage

blockage inside the pipe?

celestial1:
Good day guru in the house, my highlander 2005 steering rank was leaked but it's soft and working fine,I take it to power steering mechanic to repair steering rank but to my surprise the power steering pump didn't pump again and steering is stiff then he told me I have to buy steering pump and I did he fix it steering still stiff,he return the pump and bring another one he fix it still stiff,I don't know what to do,I have been going to his office over 4days now

Maybe the tech didn’t to the re-sealing on your rack properly. There may be a seal he used which Isn’t the required size on a high pressure pipe where the fluid flows through which is creating a blockage. Either that or he has tampered with the actual gears in the rack and misaligned/damaged them. I doubt a tech who does that as a profession will knowingly make such mistakes.

But of course the above only comes into play if he initially didn’t touch your power steering pump and all the hoses were properly tightened and bled.

celestial1:
blockage inside the pipe?

Yes. There might be a blockage. There are many pipes where fluid flows through both inside and outside the power steering rack. Once any of them collapses there will be issues.