PS Reservoir Magnet?

[BAJASVT]

I'm curious to see what your magnet picks up.

I've gone 200k+ miles on late model Ford trucks with the same steering system components that our Raptors have without a failure and the fluid still looked clean (to the naked eye) at that intverval. With that said, I've read about a lot of power steering failures in Raptors on this forum and I'll admit that since day one my truck has exhibited an ever so slight "whine" during turns.

I did have a power steering pump go bad in a Ranger many years ago. After the failure, the fluid appeared to have a bronze/brass tint to it. I wonder if the more commonly worn parts in a power steering system would be attracted to the magnet.

Thanks for sharing and please provide feedback on your results.

 

[Ruger]

Okay, I wiped off the magnet in my PS reservoir this morning. You may not be able to see it in the photo, but there was a small amount of dark residue. Just sort of a shadow of residue. I know it doesn't look like much, but I'm actually thrilled. I have drained the PS reservoir at every oil change for several years now. As most know, there's very little fluid in the rack and hoses, so I'm doing a near complete fluid change at 6,000 mile intervals. And after only about 400 miles with this magnet in the reservoir, it is still picking up metallic debris.