When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.
So, I drove my Bullnose this morning and dropped my girls at school after getting donuts for breakfast.
While driving, the truck started falling out of gear and the power brakes failed. I pulled the vacuum hose off of the pump and there was still some vacuum. I MAW swap the vacuum pump since I have a lifetime warranty at the auto parts store. It does leak transmission fluid, but I checked it and it was fine.
What am I doing wrong? It took me longer to remove the pulley than it took me to remove the vacuum pump assembly. I actually recently had trouble removing the PS pulley from my 96 Oldsmobile as well. Is the pulley puller from Harbor Freight that much of a POS? I finally got the pulley removed but it did mar the inside of the pulley a bit. Here's a pic:
I bought an OEM tools puller that worked well for me. I believe the only puller I own from them is the steering wheel puller which worked ok for that time.
Happy veterans day, thank you.
The Pittsburgh puller is a perfectly fine tool for removing the pully from the power steering pump shaft. It can be tricky to use. I always borrow/rent one from the parts store and the tools are often in poor condition due to misuse.
The main thing to remember with this tool is that you always turn the larger nut, never the smaller. Same with reinstall. The smaller nut on the puller shaft is for holding backup. It is kind of intuitive to want to turn the smaller nut to pull the collar. The tools I borrow come with instructions though I'll admit to not reading them. The fact that you got the pully off means you did something right.
I learned the hard way that the HF puller did not work very well. Normally their stuff is fine, but not this model.
The problem is with the two pieces that grip the pulley. They were raw castings, not machined pieces. They fit sloppily inside the collar that is supposed to clamp them together onto the pulley. There was just too much play and they did not lock on very well at all. The actual pulling surface (the edge of the groove) needed to be flat, but it was still slightly tapered, which forced the two pieces apart as pressure was applied.
I ended up returning the HF puller and went with a Lisle 39000 instead. It was only $47 on Amazon, and the difference was night and day. Instead of a loose collar to hold the two pieces together, this had a different arrangement with bolts:
On the GM diesel of the 80's it used a vacuum pump also, it fits in the motor like a distribtor, only dose HVAC.
The auto trans works by TV cable like the AOD ford gas trans.
Dave ----
Rezvani's Latest Post-Apocalytic Monster Is a Ford F-150 Raptor Underneath
Slideshow: Called the Fortress, the 850-horsepower pickup combines Raptor underpinnings with military-inspired features, survival equipment, and a starting price of $285,000.
