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Old May 1, 2015 | 10:25 PM
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Been pulling my last remaining hairs out on this one. My power steering pump is leaking a small amount at the lower stud holes where it mounts to the bracket. I have tried several different types of O-rings on the stud holes with no luck so far. The pump works just fine and does not whine at all. I can't be the only one who had this issue. Would o-rings and permatex seal it up? Any suggestions will be tried and appreciated.

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Been pulling my last remaining hairs out on this one. My power steering pump is leaking a small amount at the lower stud holes where it mounts to the bracket. I have tried several different types of O-rings on the stud holes with no luck so far. The pump works just fine and does not whine at all. I can't be the only one who had this issue. Would o-rings and permatex seal it up? Any suggestions will be tried and appreciated.

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Are you removing the pump and disassembling the reservoir from the pump housing in order to replace the stud o-rings? I get the impression that you are going to try "puttying" around the stud rather than removing the reservoir and replacing the o-rings as shown in the following pictures.



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Jim, Thanks for that. I did not know I needed to remove the reservior to replace those o-rings. Its the two lower studs that are leaking. I guess I have to pull it apart again. Thanks again as you saved my few remaining hairs.
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