Ok, after a successful day of finally getting my viscous fan clutch off (with bloody knuckles to show for it) I tore everything apart according to the RAVE for a power steering pump replacement. I started putting everything together and followed (or so I thought) the torque specifications and broke the two bolts holding the PAS pump into the auxiliary housing and stretched the long bolt in the block that goes through the auxiliary housing and the top-middle hole of the PAS pump. I don't know if I read my torque wrench wrong (most likely) or it's way off calibration but it's a moot point at this moment. The damage is done. I'm going to need two new long bolts and the really long one coming out of the block. Where do I get them? Not the least of my worries is the fact that I still have two bolt ends still stuck in the auxiliary housing for the PAS pump. How does one get them out?

 

Fastenal has stores in your area (and lots of bolts of all sizes and easy outs to remove them). And there are plenty of other nut and bolt distributors.

 

Wow bro, bad day..... yikes..... I will send the bolts next day to you if you want & as far as the broken bolts you need to drill a hole up the center of them soak them in pb blaster for a bit and then you run as large of a self tapping screw as possible in the hole Before running the self tapper in heavily coat the treads with jb weld and let that stuff set up. Good luck and let me know about the bolts?

 

Yeah, I about crapped myself. Feeling pretty down at the moment I have to admit. Un-friggin believable. And to top it off, I had to move my summer time baby outside to make room to work and now it's snowing all over it. I knew I should have bought a car cover for it. lr2001silver, do you have all three bolts in my pictures above? I found I was able to unscrew the long one that was stretched with no troubles. Let me know how much and the details of getting 'em to me whenever you have time.

Thanks Savannah Buzz for the suggestion, I found a fastenal store just a few miles from home. I'll be there bright and early tomorrow, part in hand to see what tools may help.

I attached the same photos with drawings to emphasize the problem points.
Time for a strong drink.

 

Pick up a bolt extractor, which you can get at Fastenal...it much easier than what's been recommended

 

Sorry to hear about what you are going through. I've been there before with having bad days. Good luck!

 

do it by feel next time


use
torque wrench only fir head bolts

 

Funny you should mention that as I almost always go by feel. For some reason, I got it in my head to follow the rules today and torque things properly..... I agree with the head bolt comment. Thanks everyone for the comments and help! I'm off to fastenal tomorrow morning.

 

Hi lr2001silver, are you able to find those two bolts for the PAS pump and also (and more importantly) the long stud coming out of the block that I stretched? I can't seem to find that anywhere.

 

you may need to thread that long stud from some stock.
or buy threaded rod.