Power Steering Pulley Pandemonium!
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Racer
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From: Point Pleasant NJ
Power Steering Pulley Pandemonium!
Hey all;
Me again. I've got a problem with the lineup of my power steering pulley with my march aluminum pulley set. I got the set for running just the alt and ps. This comes with the 2 groove crank which unfortunately is one groove too short to run the stock power steering. March is telling me offset power steering pulley #523 to get the right alignment. True???
Also this is completely pressed on pulley correct? Any Removal Tips?
Check it out...
Spook
:reddevil
Me again. I've got a problem with the lineup of my power steering pulley with my march aluminum pulley set. I got the set for running just the alt and ps. This comes with the 2 groove crank which unfortunately is one groove too short to run the stock power steering. March is telling me offset power steering pulley #523 to get the right alignment. True???
Also this is completely pressed on pulley correct? Any Removal Tips?
Check it out...
Spook
:reddevil
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Re: Power Steering Pulley Pandemonium! (Spook)
I went to the junkyard and found me a two groove PS pulley and put in on and it lined everything up for me. I wound up in the same boat as you did with my March PS pulleys. I had even had my old PS pulley powder coated and really wanted to use it.
Melting Slicks
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From: Orrtanna Pa.
Re: Power Steering Pulley Pandemonium! (Spook)
You'll need a special puller to get the pulley off. I bent the crap out of mine trying.My pump needed rebuilding anyway so I got the innards from a early Saginaw pump with the bolt on pulley and keyway.Next go around will be much easier. :smash:
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Racer
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From: Point Pleasant NJ
Re: Power Steering Pulley Pandemonium! (The Money Pit)
You guys are doing great. Thanks for the thoughts so far. I called around for a specific puller loan and only 1 place has one and its a bastard of a drive there. So not trusting just a big jaw universal puller to do the job right I went to harbor freight and here is what I found
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=40749
Will that work good?
Last thing I want to do is funk my pump all up.
Spook
:reddevil
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=40749
Will that work good?
Last thing I want to do is funk my pump all up.
Spook
:reddevil
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Racer
Joined: Apr 2003
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From: Point Pleasant NJ
Re: Power Steering Pulley Pandemonium! (Bobchad)
Oh my god... wheres the DIY spirit...
This baby is all mine... I'll rip it off with my teeth if I have too.
I refuse to be at the mercy of a mere power steering pulley..
btw TTT
Spook
:reddevil
This baby is all mine... I'll rip it off with my teeth if I have too.
I refuse to be at the mercy of a mere power steering pulley..
btw TTT
Spook
:reddevil
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From: Saginaw Michigan
Re: Power Steering Pulley Pandemonium! (Spook)
You do need a special tool to grip the groove on the pulley hub and pushing on the end of the pump driveshaft, draw the pulley off of the shaft. You also require a tool to thread into the end of the driveshaft (3/8-16 UNC thrd) and draw the pulley onto the shaft.
You NEVER want to push or pull directly on the pulley so that it pushes or pulls directly on the driveshaft, that force will break things inside the pump.
BTW, the female hex that you can see if you look directly into the end of the driveshaft is there for the manufacturing plant to spin the pump and test it before shipping it to the vehicle assembly plant.
From the Harbor Freight add, it would seem that their kit should work with most pressed-on pulleys.
You NEVER want to push or pull directly on the pulley so that it pushes or pulls directly on the driveshaft, that force will break things inside the pump.
BTW, the female hex that you can see if you look directly into the end of the driveshaft is there for the manufacturing plant to spin the pump and test it before shipping it to the vehicle assembly plant.
From the Harbor Freight add, it would seem that their kit should work with most pressed-on pulleys.
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From: Greenville NC
Re: Power Steering Pulley Pandemonium! (Jim Shea)
Spook,
I rebuilt my PS pump last month. I borrowed a puller from Autozone made especially for this job. It was off in 10 minutes.
I pressed the pulley back on with a hardened nut, bolt and washer.
HTH
I rebuilt my PS pump last month. I borrowed a puller from Autozone made especially for this job. It was off in 10 minutes.
I pressed the pulley back on with a hardened nut, bolt and washer.
HTH
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Re: Power Steering Pulley Pandemonium! (Spook)
FYI for any Canadians:
Canadian Tire will loan you a 'pulley puller' for removing and replacing a power steering puller free of charge. :hurray:
Did it about a 2 months ago,
Bob
Canadian Tire will loan you a 'pulley puller' for removing and replacing a power steering puller free of charge. :hurray:
Did it about a 2 months ago,
Bob
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From: Pearland TX
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Re: Power Steering Pulley Pandemonium! (Spook)
Spook,
Are you running the stock harmonic balancer or an aftermarket one? The problem I think most people run into is that they completely forget that they no longer have a vette engine when they start doing modifications and the March pulleys are probably designed strictly off of the stock set-up. I know what that is all about when I attempted to line up a set of March pulleys on a '72 engine.... aftermarket harmonic balancer... Team-G water pump.... basically I was just wishing that it was all supposed to work as designed. The harmonic balancer was the killer as it wasn't designed anywhere to the specs the other (corvette) parts were.
Are you running the stock harmonic balancer or an aftermarket one? The problem I think most people run into is that they completely forget that they no longer have a vette engine when they start doing modifications and the March pulleys are probably designed strictly off of the stock set-up. I know what that is all about when I attempted to line up a set of March pulleys on a '72 engine.... aftermarket harmonic balancer... Team-G water pump.... basically I was just wishing that it was all supposed to work as designed. The harmonic balancer was the killer as it wasn't designed anywhere to the specs the other (corvette) parts were.
Melting Slicks
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From: Northwest Iowa
Re: Power Steering Pulley Pandemonium! (Spook)
Take it it to a shop and they will press it off and on for about $20 - 25.
Oh my god... wheres the DIY spirit...
This baby is all mine... I'll rip it off with my teeth if I have too.
I refuse to be at the mercy of a mere power steering pulley..
btw TTT
Spook
:reddevil
This baby is all mine... I'll rip it off with my teeth if I have too.
I refuse to be at the mercy of a mere power steering pulley..
btw TTT
Spook
:reddevil
