this morning i noticed that the steering is not giving a smooth feedback while turning. there are pockets of easy/hard steer feel while turning. it's as if there's hesitation in half a turn and the rest of the half would turn smoothly.
are these signs of a bad power steering pump ?
any steps to perform in order to check the integrity of the pump ?

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