72MachOne99GT

As some of you have predicted, teh power steering pump/pulley has been a douche bag.

I have 3 of the 4? done.

The last one is behind the line and the nut that feeds the line into the pump.

I assume that has to be removed? But I can't use a wrench cause the pulley is in the way.

Did you all use a small crescant wrench?

96GT226410

You need to pull the pulley off.

4.698GT

i used a ratching combination wrench. works like a charm

72MachOne99GT

No you don't. I can see that.

The bolts were/are all behind the pulley. Once the pump is undone, the pulley and the pump should both move out of the way, giving me access to the final timing chain cover bolt.

What the heck is a wratcheting combination wrench?

uberstang1

its a wrech with an open end on one side , and a 12pt closed on one end that actually has a gear at rachets, u can get em at sears, craftsman or gear wrench.

GStam66

You fail. You do not need to remove the pulley seperately. It will come off when you remove the pump.

72MachOne99GT

Alright. I spent probably an hour last night laying under my car fighting those bolts.

I started celebrating when I got the 3rd one off, which was a pain, but the last one has even more in store
for me.

Did you use the wrench on the power steering pump bolt itself? Or to remove the line that is in the way, and then just a socket on the last bolt itself?

Mark99GT

Its a 10mm bolt right? Just get under there with an open end wrench and turn it out. As the bolt backs out, the weight of the pump will pull the pump downgiving you room to keep turning the bolt. It took me about 10 min. You don't need to remove the pulley. I've done it twice this way.

72MachOne99GT

I know I don't have to remove the pulley.

It's just that I have been working w/o a metric set of wrenches. But yea, the bolts are 10mm as far as I recall, and like I said, I got 3 of them relatively easy. The last one just has me stuck cause I obviously don't have the best set of tools on hand.

racer02GTstang

i stuck a wrench through the pulley to loosen it. you cant turn the wrench much but its really the only way you can do it.