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Jan 20, 2015 | 04:08 PM

4CFarms

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Powersteering issue, help

I recently had my power steering pump and gear box both replaced and im having a real issue. The pump is leaking, and having a horrible squeeling noise. It has also destroyed 1/4 of the belt too... What seems to be the problem is that the pully seems to be at a slightly different angle than the belt is coming in at so the pully is eating away the belt. why would this happen, bad pump? It is a cheapie from oreilys, so i was going to buy a ford one bec i know it is reliable. Please any imput because i dont wanna end up slipping my belt going down the road!

Jan 20, 2015 | 04:16 PM

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Defective or badly mounted pump. More likely the former with crappy O'Reilly cheapie parts.

Jan 20, 2015 | 04:17 PM

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Is it very hard to replace the pump because i havent ever done one before

Jan 20, 2015 | 05:14 PM

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Who did the work at hand? Did they install a pump with a new pulley, or did they swap your existing pulley onto the O'Reilly pump?

Jan 20, 2015 | 06:49 PM

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They pulled the pully and used the existing one... Do I new to do something in order to make sure it is perfectly aligned???

Jan 20, 2015 | 06:51 PM

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Whoever did the work should use the correct puller / installer tool, and should drive the pulley onto the shaft just the right distance, so it lines up with the other pulleys. If they didn't do that, and you paid for the work, they should make it right.

Jan 20, 2015 | 07:01 PM

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Any trucks for making sure I get te alignment right when I do the work?

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Jan 20, 2015 | 07:25 PM

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It's pushed to far in. So should I get a pully puller and pull it out about a 1/4 in so that it will be in the plane?

Jan 20, 2015 | 07:41 PM

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That's where I would start.

'Course, you still have the leak. You'll just have to start inspecting to narrow that down.

Jan 20, 2015 | 07:45 PM

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Does anyone think that the miss alignment has any negative effect on the pump itself?? I'm just making sure I'm thorough so I don't waste money on a pump!!