Need new power steering pump
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Need new power steering pump
I believe it maybe time to replace the leaking power steering pump on my 79. I have always heard that if you run them empty it burns them up. I'm not 100% sure where it is leaking from but figured since it's the original why not change the pump and hoses. So my question is where to buy a replacement from? Any ideas? Any advise on replacing this? Thanks.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Apr 2009
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From: Great Plains Iowa
I believe it maybe time to replace the leaking power steering pump on my 79. I have always heard that if you run them empty it burns them up. I'm not 100% sure where it is leaking from but figured since it's the original why not change the pump and hoses. So my question is where to buy a replacement from? Any ideas? Any advise on replacing this? Thanks.
Its almost always the 3/8" return hose that leaks and that is super easy to replace. The hose just has ordinary hose clamps on each end.
Le Mans Master
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I got mine at the local parts place..
quick, lifetime warranty, and if it fails I can just go get another one at autozone.
I had to transfer a stud from my old one to the new one (generic gm pump I gather), but other than it worked just fine. I did not return the core until I made sure everything fit and bolted up.
I had gotten the old pump with a power steering kit I got 23 years before....so i have no qualms.
I actually think that I warped the old pump body when attempting to tighten the hose. This was the first power steering leak that I had in the 23 years of having power steering.
Anyway, with a local buy & lifetime warranty it's easier to do a remove & replace if it fails. Just my 2 cents,
I had to transfer a stud from my old one to the new one (generic gm pump I gather), but other than it worked just fine. I did not return the core until I made sure everything fit and bolted up.
I had gotten the old pump with a power steering kit I got 23 years before....so i have no qualms.
I actually think that I warped the old pump body when attempting to tighten the hose. This was the first power steering leak that I had in the 23 years of having power steering.
Anyway, with a local buy & lifetime warranty it's easier to do a remove & replace if it fails. Just my 2 cents,
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