Re-installing power steering pulley

[Flyin Ryan]

Is there any tricks or special way to do this? I removed it a few weeks back to enable me to completely delete the ac bracket but it was real bitch to get off even after I finally was able to get my hands on the correct removal tool.. From what it looks like I could just put a block of wood on it and hammer it one little by little with a rubber mallet but was wondering if there was an easier way or if that might damage the pump? I have the rad and fmic out still so I have plenty of room to swing away

thanks in advance :tup:

Ryan

 

[ty166]

Re: Re-installing power steering pulley

there is a power steering pulley puller , i know when i bought mine it also came with a tool to reinstall the pulley. block o wood and a hammer may damadge it. the pulley installer makes it a walk in the park to get back on.

 

[Flyin Ryan]

Re: Re-installing power steering pulley

Balls!!!

anyway you could post up what this pulley installer looks like? the tool I used to remove my pulley is this one

 

[ty166]

Re: Re-installing power steering pulley

the puller you used is the first half of the kit i have, the installer look like this, this is the exact one i have and it makes it so easy, were talking "pulley install in three minutes or less".


http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item...&group_ID=1554&store=snapon-store&dir=catalog

you should be able to rent one from the local parts house.

Balls!!!

anyway you could post up what this pulley installer looks like? the tool I used to remove my pulley is this one

 

[4C FED]

Re: Re-installing power steering pulley

Throw it into the stove for about 20 min. @ 300 deg. Then run like hell to the truck and slide it on.
Kind of like installing the lower timing chain gear.

 

[Flyin Ryan]

Re: Re-installing power steering pulley

the puller you used is the first half of the kit i have, the installer look like this, this is the exact one i have and it makes it so easy, were talking "pulley install in three minutes or less"

hmm barrowed a kit from my little brother that has something exactly like that I think.. have to go check it out and figure out how it works thanks man

Throw it into the stove for about 20 min. @ 300 deg. Then run like hell to the truck and slide it on.
Kind of like installing the lower timing chain gear.

Are you serious? if so that would be the way to go

 

[fivetodrive]

Re: Re-installing power steering pulley

if it works on the exhaust manifolds I bet it would work on this... If ya really want to go crazy with the dynamics of hot and cold put some ice on the power steering pump shaft.

Let us know how well it works!

 

[4C FED]

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Are you serious? if so that would be the way to go

I used that method with my March aluminum pulley which allowed me to get it on about 3/4's of the way on. Problem is that the aluminum cools to fast. So I had to use a dead-blow mallet the rest of the way.

 

[Flyin Ryan]

Re: Re-installing power steering pulley

great info guys

I think im going to search the kit I have to see if I have the actual tool and see how hard it is to get on.. if I don't have it or it's still a bitch then it's going into the oven

 

[denny]

Re: Re-installing power steering pulley

I rented the remover and installer from autozone, it was in one kit.

The installer is just a long bolt, a nut and a washer.

 

[SY2455]

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I have the puller and installer in the garage if you want to come over to the house.:rotf:

 

[12secondSY]

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I rented an installer fom autozone. The tool was screwed up and it took me an hour to put the pulley back on. Next time I'm buying my own.

 

[Flyin Ryan]

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I don't have the tool.. and don't have an autozone near by.. have pepboys and napa but neither wouldn't lend the tool out because they didn't have it... after two hours of using a torch and some muscle and alot of nerves I got it back on.

Thanks for all the help guys

 

[Loeryder]

Re: Re-installing power steering pulley

The installation tool is literally just a bolt washer and a nut.

You thread the bolt into the shaft of the ps pump until it bottoms out.
Then you turn the nut down against the pulley so that it is sandwiching the pulley between the shaft and the head of the bolt.
simple push on type tool.

One of my PS pumps came with it.
At first I thought it was a mistake and I was gonna throw it out.
Then my pal showed me how it works. doh..

I used the dead blow hammer method one time and it ruined the seal around the PS pump shaft and i was replacing it again 2 days later... the right way.

 

[ty166]

Re: Re-installing power steering pulley

I used the dead blow hammer method one time and it ruined the seal around the PS pump shaft and i was replacing it again 2 days later... the right way.

hopefully he didnt get happy with that torch and use to much heat or he might be doing the same.. direct heat or open flame around seals generally cause leaks.

 

[Flyin Ryan]

Re: Re-installing power steering pulley

Shit... I'll have to go take a look at it later today to see if it's now leaking from the shaft seal

 

[TYTILIDIE]

Re: Re-installing power steering pulley

The installation tool is literally just a bolt washer and a nut.

You thread the bolt into the shaft of the ps pump until it bottoms out.
Then you turn the nut down against the pulley so that it is sandwiching the pulley between the shaft and the head of the bolt.
simple push on type tool.

One of my PS pumps came with it.
At first I thought it was a mistake and I was gonna throw it out.
Then my pal showed me how it works. doh..

I used the dead blow hammer method one time and it ruined the seal around the PS pump shaft and i was replacing it again 2 days later... the right way.

X2. I agree with Jason 100%. NEVER use a hammer or rubber mallet. Go buy you a pwr str pump, it comes with it, well...usually. If youdont need the pump return it.

 

[motorhead]

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speacial installer tool 3/8 by 16 bolt nut and washer. a little lube on the shaft and threads to ease the job.

 

[ShuggsRR]

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I sed the Autozone puller/installer. It was still touch to come off but easy to put back on.

 

[gjp]

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I bought a remover installer from pepboys. Only 20$. The ps pumps I bought came with the bolt,washer and nut to install?