Power steering pump went boom...well not really
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Power steering pump went boom...well not really
My power steering pump decided to go out on me. The pulley shot forward enough that it took out my fan. Anyone heard of this happening? Also i started to tear into it today and seem to have run into a problem. I got everything off but there seems to be a little stud in the top of the three bolt holes. I assume that this stud needs to come out but i cannot get it for the life of me. Also where is a good place to buy a power steering pump? I assume like for most of the other parts to stay clear of the dealerships...but are they all created equally?
P.S. i tried to get the rave manual to work and just ended up getting frustrated.
thanks for any help you can give me.
cheers
P.S. i tried to get the rave manual to work and just ended up getting frustrated.
thanks for any help you can give me.
cheers
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how much of the front of the motor do you have to take off? because currently i just pulled the fan shroud, air intake tubing, and the ACE pump so i can get at the PAS pump easier. I then removed the nut and two boils that go through the pump as well as both the low pressure and high pressure hoses. But it wont budge, so i think that i am doing something wrong. you say that it should slide off? doesn't the pump have to slide downwards? or do i need to take the whole bracket off the front of the motor?
sorry for my ignorance
sorry for my ignorance
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You need to remove the viscous fan and AC compressor also. The pump and pump housing come out as one unit (they slide forward off the stud) then you remove the pump from the housing. You definitely cannot remove the pump housing with the fan still on there and the AC compressor bolts onto the PAS housing so that comes off too. The Rave CD had all these details step by step.
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I got it off. Only thing was i couldn;t find my fan wrench.....so a little "encouragement" was done but you can get the power steering pump out of a disco 2 without removing the fan. When the new one gets here i will let you know if you can get it back in with the fan on. I am sure that the pump went bad because when i took it apart the was a ton of metal shavings and obvious areas of wear. Thank you everyone for the help.