Did I wreck the steering shaft changing seal

Did you pull off the pressure control valve? Maybe the o-ring got lodged and is blocking flow??

When I replaced those o-rings in the pressure valve, an adjustment of thousands of an inch made a huge difference.

i did end up pulling the block off. The o-rings were there. What a pain in the butt that was to get back together.

I’m leaning towards something I screwed up replacing the seal.