Driving it and doing a lot of turns will do it too. Thought mine was bled on the garage until I started driving it.
Remember though, this is a Bronco. Not everything goes to plan, and nothing is as easy as it is on other vehicles.
The verdict is in...its AIR...I feel stupid now!
BUT it’s not going easily. I need to find an easy way to get the air out as I have no jack capabilities in this driveway. So driving it and making lots of turns will do it?
Not stupid at all. Happens LITERALLY ALL THE TIME WITH BRONCOS and that's not an exaggeration. As long as there have been Bronco forums, there have been the stories of having to turn the wheel a hundred times or more to get the air out. And until that point, most owners had never heard of a vehicle that took more than maybe five or ten turns of the wheel to bleed it all out.
In fact, plenty of pro mechanics unfortunately (as we've found out) don't know what the process is either. Likely because the vehicles they worked on previously followed the book method better and only took a few turns.
But yes, it does help ease the pain (both yours and the system's) to releive some of the weight off the tires. They do not have to be in the air, but it really does help to get much of the load off of them so the steering can be put through it's range more easily.
If you can beg, borrow, or steal a jack (any jack almost) and put it under the axle tube, that will help.
If you can get two scissors jacks from friend's Corollas and Accords, you can put some upward English on the axle and that would do it.
But then you're still into it for the duration. Maybe you've shortened the time needed already from driving it around (or trying to) and running the engine, but likely it will still take 50 back-and-forths to start things feeling like you have a power assist again.
Obviously check the fluid level as this progresses to make sure that it's not getting too low. This could introduce more air and you'd have to start all over again.
But it will eventually work itself out unless you have an air leak in one of the lines or ports.
But the good news is, as has already been said, that short of too much old debris in the system, you more than likely have not hurt the pump or gearbox.
"Mostly..." (for anyone that's watched Aliens more than once)
Good luck!
Paul
