Installing powersteering pulley
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Installing powersteering pulley
Ok, So I decided to replace my pump. Got the pulley off not a problem, old pump off and new one bolted onto the bracket. Now here is where S**t hit the fan. The new pump came with the pulley installer tool but its a grade 5 bolt. Well that SOB is so hard to crank back onto the pump. While me and my buddy were taking turns on the wrench....he snapped off the bolt and now half is in my pump. Brand new also. We are going to back it out but is there an easier way to do this? Seems like alot of work just to get that pulley back on.
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yeah you can stick the pump in the coldest freezer you can find for about a day to get the shaft to shrink a little bit then get a torch and heat up the pully (no more than cherry red you'll lose strength) then press it on or if you don't have a press set the pump on a table and beat the pully on with a hammer but use a socket in the middle of the pully so you have even force around the whole thing and the shaft can slide into the socket if need be
or you could heat up the shaft with a torch that would make the bolt easier to come out then get a grade 8 bolt or one from arp if you have one laying around and use that instead
or you could heat up the shaft with a torch that would make the bolt easier to come out then get a grade 8 bolt or one from arp if you have one laying around and use that instead
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yeah you can stick the pump in the coldest freezer you can find for about a day to get the shaft to shrink a little bit then get a torch and heat up the pully (no more than cherry red you'll lose strength) then press it on or if you don't have a press set the pump on a table and beat the pully on with a hammer but use a socket in the middle of the pully so you have even force around the whole thing and the shaft can slide into the socket if need be
If the installer came with the new pump, I'd take the new pump back and exchange it for another, then get a quality install tool to press on the pulley. Make sure to thread the bolt into the shaft as far as it will go to spread the load across the most amount of threads.
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And make sure your not turning the bolt! Thread the bolt in, with the washers and nut, you are tightening the nut, NOT the bolt.. If your buddy was tightening the bolt, when it bottomed out, that's when it broke. You can either drill out the broken bolt, and start over, or swap the pump out. I don't recommed hammering it!
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And make sure your not turning the bolt! Thread the bolt in, with the washers and nut, you are tightening the nut, NOT the bolt.. If your buddy was tightening the bolt, when it bottomed out, that's when it broke. You can either drill out the broken bolt, and start over, or swap the pump out. I don't recommed hammering it!
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I have no intentions of hammering it on believe me. Im gonna try and drill the broken piece out today and either have a shop put it on or buy a higher quality pusher.
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I used the loan-a-tool program at AutoZone when I rebuilt my power steering pump. I thought it was pretty decent quality -- it didn't break 
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