Attn Power Steering Pump Rebuilders!

[Mr. Belvedere II]

Greetings all wrench gripping, knuckle bleeders! Mr. Belvedere here with a question for the ever knowledgable! I have handily removed my PS pump and stuffed it's leaky contents into a paper bag where it will almost certainly be depositing its wondrous claret fluids on the garage floor. I plan on removing the reservoir and replacing the O-ring to stem the hemmorage of ps fluid onto my kmember. I was reading an earlier thread that spoke of a TRW pump and the Oring to seal it. Thinking my pump was a TRW I went and purchased a 245 bn70 Oring only to find that my pump is a federal pump. Will the TRW Oring also fit the federal reservoir??? Also, what is the preferred method of removal of said reservoir from the pump itself?

 

[dieseldazzle]

The outer pump body o ring actually works. But the inner shaft seal that likes to leak on the federal pumps is different for sure.

I know this because I was delivered the wrong kit from steer and gear and didn't realize it until I got the shaft seal. They sent me the right kit, two actually


I had the seal number but my iCloud screwed me on my old pictures that were supposed to be saved.

 

[Mr. Belvedere II]

The outer pump body o ring actually works. But the inner shaft seal that likes to leak on the federal pumps is different for sure.

I know this because I was delivered the wrong kit from steer and gear and didn't realize it until I got the shaft seal. They sent me the right kit, two actually


I had the seal number but my iCloud screwed me on my old pictures that were supposed to be saved.

Awesome! This is just what I wanted to hear! My shaft seal is fine, it's the leaking reservoir housing that has been dogging me. You have put my worried mind at ease, and for that I thank you graciously!

 

[Mr. Belvedere II]

The outer pump body o ring actually works. But the inner shaft seal that likes to leak on the federal pumps is different for sure.

I know this because I was delivered the wrong kit from steer and gear and didn't realize it until I got the shaft seal. They sent me the right kit, two actually


I had the seal number but my iCloud screwed me on my old pictures that were supposed to be saved.

And how did you get the reservoir off?

 

[69L48Z27]

Not sure on all pumps but on the last one I did, you pull it off once all the bolts are out. Take a screw driver or pry tool around the pump where the tank is and it will come off.

 

[miller]

Couple bolts on the backside. Service manual tells how, and what, to do.
Also figure which size you have...one for SB, two for BB. Need to know...book tells ya.

 

[dieseldazzle]

I use a steel, mechanical moulding removal tool that you squeeze. It prys things apart. I get under the lip at the pump body and reservoir then work around it. It is tedious