Removing Power Steering Pump

Lvcien

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I'll be gone for the next few hours, so if someons not busy, could they give me detailed instructions (with pictures please) on how to remove it [I'm going to try to get to autozone to get the tool] tell me which bolts to remove and such, so far, I have the outter IC tube off and no alternator and I've removed the bolts under the coil pack.

Thanks
Chad
 
I replaced the pump and thehigh pressure line back in November.. I can't tell you exactly what size bolts , or step by step directions...but it was not to hard..I'm just going off of memory..Post if you have questions.. You got the top tube off, disconnect the bottom one from the intercooler, disconnect the intercooler from the rad support, and yank it out.. You will need the room for the tool that removes the pulley... Remove the pulley, remove the bolts that holds the big bracket to the motor (the bracket that the alt and power steering pump mount to) There is 3 bolts (2bolts, 1 stud... I think)..some are hidden and far back , but just remember there is 3. Remove the 3 bolts that are/were behind the PS pulley. I did remove the lower intercooler tube, but I cannot remember in what order... If you can get it out, pull it ..... After removing those 3 bolts that hold the ps pump, pull the big bracket off the motor, the pump will be right there.. Diconnect pump from ps lines...Sorry so basic man, but just post if you get hung up.. Are you just replacing the pump?

Tom
 
Sorry Tom, way to vague -- thanks anyways though :)


The tool is a swivel-extension? That's was I was told.

Anyways, I still don't know what I'm doing -- I'm not even sure what I take out next... my dad says it's a nut that's hard to see, but it's there.. the only problem is EVERYTHING is covered in grease so I can't see it... Grr..

Any step by step (preferably with pictures) how-to guide on this would be awesome.

thanks Again

-Chad
 
Best that can be done.
Pictures are in the camera right now, so don't have anything for you regarding that.

To remove the power steering pump there are multiple things that need to be done.

- Remove the Power Steering Pump Pulley
- Remove the Upper I/C tube
- Loosen the lower I/C tube
- Remove IC asssembly if necessary.
- Remove the Power Steering Pump Lines
- Remove the Power Steering Pump to Water Pump Bracket
- Loosen the accessory bracket.

Step one: Remove upper I/C tube and loosen lower tube.
Remove the top Intercooler tube. Remove the two nuts on the bolts coming out of the top of the I/C that hold the top tubes collar. Then remove the large Top Nut on the tube OR remove the SC top off the supercharger with the upper tube attached to it. You'll also find a stud with a nut on it just under the I/C tube you'll need to remove. I remove this stud as well. I find that removing the studs from the IC make it easier to lift the SC top out. A small socket (6 mm or something similarly small, 7, 8 something like that) can go on the end of the stud and remove them from the I/C. Now check with your P/S Pully remover to see it can fit with the I/C in there. If not, remove the studs from the lower bolt and slip the I/C up out of there.

Step Two: Remove the p/s pully.
Using the tool, remove the pully. It is important that you center the shaft of the tool on the shaft of the power steering pump so that it comes off smoothly. Otherwise it might bind on the pulley as you try to remove it. The fit is tight so you'll need to crank on the puller pretty good to move it off. You may find you need to heat the pulley with a torch to make it easier to remove.

Step Three: Remove the Bracket from the P/S pump to Water Pump.
Take the bolts off that hold this bracket on. It blocks access to some bolts you need to remove and it also holds the pump in place. There has been no proven reason to reinstall this bracket when putting the new pump back in. Toss it and reinstall the bolts onto the water pump.

Step Four: Loosen the accessory bracket
There are two bolts and one stud holding the big accessory drive bracket to the side of the engine and holding the alternator and power sterring pump, as well as the coil pack. These bolts and nut are tucked towards the center of this bracket and a nut. Use a light and peer down there to locate them. They are 18mm I believe. Remove one bolt on the right. Leave the bolt on the left in there with just a couple threads, and remove the nut on the stud. This will allow you to slide the bracket with the alternator and power setting pump and coil pack forward a bit.

Step Five: Remove the high pressure line.
With the bracket moved forward, you'll have clearance to get in there with a wrench to loosen the fitting on the high pressure line. This fitting will be tight and will take effort to snap loose. Then work it slowly loose. You can see if you can get a wrench in there a different way but that's what I found I had to do. Once you have the line loose/off.

Step Six: Remove the Power Steering pump and low pressure line
Slide the bracket back and remove the remaining bolts holding it to the bracket. Slide the bracket forward and then pull the pump up, pulling the low pressure line off the bottom nipple on the resevior tank. Be careful not to break that off the p/s pump.

You've now got the pump out.
 
Mike8675309 said:
Best that can be done.
Pictures are in the camera right now, so don't have anything for you regarding that.

To remove the power steering pump there are multiple things that need to be done.

- Remove the Power Steering Pump Pulley
- Remove the Upper I/C tube
- Loosen the lower I/C tube
- Remove IC asssembly if necessary.
- Remove the Power Steering Pump Lines
- Remove the Power Steering Pump to Water Pump Bracket
- Loosen the accessory bracket.

Step one: Remove upper I/C tube and loosen lower tube.
Remove the top Intercooler tube. Remove the two nuts on the bolts coming out of the top of the I/C that hold the top tubes collar. Then remove the large Top Nut on the tube OR remove the SC top off the supercharger with the upper tube attached to it. You'll also find a stud with a nut on it just under the I/C tube you'll need to remove. I remove this stud as well. I find that removing the studs from the IC make it easier to lift the SC top out. A small socket (6 mm or something similarly small, 7, 8 something like that) can go on the end of the stud and remove them from the I/C. Now check with your P/S Pully remover to see it can fit with the I/C in there. If not, remove the studs from the lower bolt and slip the I/C up out of there.

Step Two: Remove the p/s pully.
Using the tool, remove the pully. It is important that you center the shaft of the tool on the shaft of the power steering pump so that it comes off smoothly. Otherwise it might bind on the pulley as you try to remove it. The fit is tight so you'll need to crank on the puller pretty good to move it off. You may find you need to heat the pulley with a torch to make it easier to remove.

Step Three: Remove the Bracket from the P/S pump to Water Pump.
Take the bolts off that hold this bracket on. It blocks access to some bolts you need to remove and it also holds the pump in place. There has been no proven reason to reinstall this bracket when putting the new pump back in. Toss it and reinstall the bolts onto the water pump.

Step Four: Loosen the accessory bracket
There are two bolts and one stud holding the big accessory drive bracket to the side of the engine and holding the alternator and power sterring pump, as well as the coil pack. These bolts and nut are tucked towards the center of this bracket and a nut. Use a light and peer down there to locate them. They are 18mm I believe. Remove one bolt on the right. Leave the bolt on the left in there with just a couple threads, and remove the nut on the stud. This will allow you to slide the bracket with the alternator and power setting pump and coil pack forward a bit.

Step Five: Remove the high pressure line.
With the bracket moved forward, you'll have clearance to get in there with a wrench to loosen the fitting on the high pressure line. This fitting will be tight and will take effort to snap loose. Then work it slowly loose. You can see if you can get a wrench in there a different way but that's what I found I had to do. Once you have the line loose/off.

Step Six: Remove the Power Steering pump and low pressure line
Slide the bracket back and remove the remaining bolts holding it to the bracket. Slide the bracket forward and then pull the pump up, pulling the low pressure line off the bottom nipple on the resevior tank. Be careful not to break that off the p/s pump.

You've now got the pump out.


Awesome, Thanks Mike

:)

I'll keep you updated if your interested.

_________________________________

I did most of that, and My dad had me put the car and ramps, so I pushed it up, then he crawls under, takes a wrag, and started wiping all the lines and had me spin the pully thing, -- then he gets out, checks the fluid level, and sees that it's wayover fulled, and starts laughing really hard, the lines not pushed or anything, but the leaking fluid we saw was just overflow from the powersteering fluid tank... so ... all that work was for nothing..


ALWAYS check fluid levels before doing anything else...

Worst part was, I didn't mark anything -- didn't think about it, but tomorrow I've got to put it all back together up to the alternator, it's not much, but nothing is marked :confused: ... This sucks.

Thanks for the help though :D
 
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And just to add:

Step 0: Buy some coastal power or simple green and clean as much goop, grime, and grease off as you can before starting the job. It will make a big difference in how well the job goes. :cool:
 
Mike8675309 said:
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Step Four: Loosen the accessory bracket
There are two bolts and one stud holding the big accessory drive bracket to the side of the engine and holding the alternator and power sterring pump, as well as the coil pack. These bolts and nut are tucked towards the center of this bracket and a nut. Use a light and peer down there to locate them. They are 18mm I believe. Remove one bolt on the right. Leave the bolt on the left in there with just a couple threads, and remove the nut on the stud. This will allow you to slide the bracket with the alternator and power setting pump and coil pack forward a bit..
Not to sound like a Know-it-all and correct Mike, as he was way more helpful than I could have ever explained it, but the accesory bracket to the engine/head bolts/nut are 15mm. ;)
Also keep the serpentine belt on at least till the pump pulley is half way off, as that will help keep the pulley from turning while you are wrenching on the pulley puller tool. Otherwise you have to grip it while wrenching and that is tuff job for us two handed mammals.
Tip; If ever was a good time to do the drivers motor mount, now would be it. You'll see it once the pump is removed..
 
The powersteering pulley puller I got from Manny has hex on it so you don't need to hold the pulley. Use one wrench to turn the bolt that pushes in, and another wrench to hold the outer part so that it doesn't spin. Took me less than a minute to get the pulley off with pump removed from vehicle.

Also, as far as engine degreaser. I use the Supertech degreaser from Walmart. It's like 90 cents a can and works awsome. With simple green you still have to scrub, with this ****, just spray it on, let it sit for a couple minutes, and hose it off with the high pressure nozzle. repeate for thick grease. And for the price of it, you can use 2-3 cans and get the stuff really clean.
 
Mike8675309 said:
Best that can be done.
Pictures are in the camera right now, so don't have anything for you regarding that.

To remove the power steering pump there are multiple things that need to be done.

- Remove the Power Steering Pump Pulley
- Remove the Upper I/C tube
- Loosen the lower I/C tube
- Remove IC asssembly if necessary.
- Remove the Power Steering Pump Lines
- Remove the Power Steering Pump to Water Pump Bracket
- Loosen the accessory bracket.

Step one: Remove upper I/C tube and loosen lower tube.
Remove the top Intercooler tube. Remove the two nuts on the bolts coming out of the top of the I/C that hold the top tubes collar. Then remove the large Top Nut on the tube OR remove the SC top off the supercharger with the upper tube attached to it. You'll also find a stud with a nut on it just under the I/C tube you'll need to remove. I remove this stud as well. I find that removing the studs from the IC make it easier to lift the SC top out. A small socket (6 mm or something similarly small, 7, 8 something like that) can go on the end of the stud and remove them from the I/C. Now check with your P/S Pully remover to see it can fit with the I/C in there. If not, remove the studs from the lower bolt and slip the I/C up out of there.

Step Two: Remove the p/s pully.
Using the tool, remove the pully. It is important that you center the shaft of the tool on the shaft of the power steering pump so that it comes off smoothly. Otherwise it might bind on the pulley as you try to remove it. The fit is tight so you'll need to crank on the puller pretty good to move it off. You may find you need to heat the pulley with a torch to make it easier to remove.

Step Three: Remove the Bracket from the P/S pump to Water Pump.
Take the bolts off that hold this bracket on. It blocks access to some bolts you need to remove and it also holds the pump in place. There has been no proven reason to reinstall this bracket when putting the new pump back in. Toss it and reinstall the bolts onto the water pump.

Step Four: Loosen the accessory bracket
There are two bolts and one stud holding the big accessory drive bracket to the side of the engine and holding the alternator and power sterring pump, as well as the coil pack. These bolts and nut are tucked towards the center of this bracket and a nut. Use a light and peer down there to locate them. They are 18mm I believe. Remove one bolt on the right. Leave the bolt on the left in there with just a couple threads, and remove the nut on the stud. This will allow you to slide the bracket with the alternator and power setting pump and coil pack forward a bit.

Step Five: Remove the high pressure line.
With the bracket moved forward, you'll have clearance to get in there with a wrench to loosen the fitting on the high pressure line. This fitting will be tight and will take effort to snap loose. Then work it slowly loose. You can see if you can get a wrench in there a different way but that's what I found I had to do. Once you have the line loose/off.

Step Six: Remove the Power Steering pump and low pressure line
Slide the bracket back and remove the remaining bolts holding it to the bracket. Slide the bracket forward and then pull the pump up, pulling the low pressure line off the bottom nipple on the resevior tank. Be careful not to break that off the p/s pump.

You've now got the pump out.
Great write up Mike, I'm providing these pictures that closely match your steps# 1..- 4.

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Thanks for doing that. I'm still stuck with Film. Someday I'll get a good digital camera.

And for 1c I get that off from underneath, with a box wrench. That universal extension looks usefull.
 
Lonestar, my man, awesome pics. You should work for Haynes. Thanks for taking the time to do it!
 
I've gotten the pulley off without removing the IC, but I had to cut down the long bolt that comes with the tool. I own the tool though so no big deal. They aren't that cheap to buy and it can be handy to have around without having to run to the store to get it.
 
Hats off to LoneStar for the pictures with comments. I write maintenance procedures for aircraft and I was impressed! And that doesn't come along too often with my (only) 10 years of experience. Want a good job? I am looking for some technical writers. Aviation experience desired, but not necessary!
 
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