Squealing, very hard to turn steering wheel, shaking

Tiny
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I was backing out of the drive way and it's like the steering wheel gets very hard to turn and I hear this squealing noise under the hood, and when I look there it's right around the belt area.
Wednesday, January 4th, 2012 AT 1:44 PM

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Tiny
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Check belt and fluid level
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Wednesday, January 4th, 2012 AT 2:46 PM
Tiny
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Thank you, just went and got it looked at turns out air got into the steering fluid and formed a bubble and stopped the flow.
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Wednesday, January 4th, 2012 AT 3:12 PM
Tiny
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Good news so all is well
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Wednesday, January 4th, 2012 AT 3:57 PM
Tiny
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Kinda it's still making a small squealing noise by the belt, any suggestions?
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Wednesday, January 4th, 2012 AT 5:16 PM

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