First off I would like to thank everybody for their help so far, I really appreciate it. Now my power steering pump is bad and I pulled it off but I cant get the pulley off. I have tried a puller and heat. At this point I'm about ready to go to the wrecking yard and see if I can find something that will match. Any suggestions.
Thanks,
Bob

 

Hi Bob,
I know what you mean. I had one stuck for about a month before I got busy with it.

What kind of pully puller did you use? I had to go out and buy a dedicated PS pump pully removal tool. Less that $30 at Advanced Auto. The regular hook type puller I was trying just wasn't cutting it. Those PS pullys are REALLY ON THERE!

If you used heat, you probably should go find another pump to work with. I'm chicken to use heat on pullys and super chicken to get heat around the pump.

All that aside, if you did have the right pully removal tools, did you really get on them so hard you thought you were going to break something? THat's what it took here. I was almost flipping the work table before the pully started moving, but move it did and in such a way that nothing got hurt but my nerves.

So my suggestion is a dedicated PS Pump Pully tool, a giant bench vise, some big muscles, and it will come off there.

Something I noticed, there was no way to know how far to reinstale the pully after I got done rebuilding the pump. I had to guess and then had to go in another 1/16 of an inch after it was on the truck. ANyone know a trick to getting the pully back in the right place?

 

Good post, Mike. :)

I too bought a real-live "power steering pump pulley puller" after renting one from AutoZone for free. :)

The only way to go! Because i spent like a year off and on looking for a Ford pulley that had the same "in set dish" to it as my original. Found it on an old Ford car BTW. So don't screw up your pulley. Do yourself a favor, do it right to start with. :)

My Chevy buddies tell me...
"Ford never learned how to make the same part twice ;)"
No wonder Bill the "NumberDummy" is so dangged crazy huh? ;)

Only trick i know is to "measure" before you pull it?
So far so good, the couple times i messed with them i thought to do that. :)
"Man I'm good! ;) Do you feel that huh?" -Ace

If the measurement is unknown, maybe shove it on a little too far, so you can pull it back out some with the (real live;) puller, while it's on the vehicle?

Alvin in AZ

 

Ford made the same lug nut from 1932 thru 1986 = B-1012. It's still used today but under p/n E6DZ-1012-A. The same rear brake clip has been used since 1939 = 91A-2106...it's still used today..under that number.

There's at least two others that are that old and even though baling wire doesn't have a Ford part number, maybe it should. After all, Chevy has had a part number for baling wire since 1919. I wouldn't be surprised if Chevy also had part numbers for duct tape, chewing gum, raw eggs, oatmeal, banana peels, rubber bands, and all the other junk used for roadside repairs.

 

Hey Alvin,

I like it when Chevy guys say that.
"Ford never made the same part twice"

I usually reply,
"that's because Ford hired real engineers"
Or I say,
"that's so simple people stay out from under Ford hoods"
Or I say,
"And what does your Rollback say in the front? That's right, it says FORD."

And it goes on and on. I never start it, but I usually retund volly for volly when someone starts in on our Ford trucks. LOL!

 

While Ford has gone to OHC engines in some of their trucks, 'ol Chevy has been pluggin' along with the ancient OHV V8, the basic design goes back to 1949. The engine is so old, that in order to disguise it, Chevy now calls an OHV a "cam in block" engine, as if that fools anyone.


The 4 speed auto basically dates back to 1951. Now you know why Chevy makes the same parts over and over again. They have to!!