This might seem kinda silly...

[Captain Ledd]

But I cannot get my power steering pulley off.

There is an allen head bolt in the center, now this does loosen like a standard bolt right? It's not a reverse thread or anything? I've had the 2' cheater bar on it and everything, I'm afraid of breaking something.

I've assumed you needed to remove this bolt before the pulley will come off, so I haven't stuck the puller on it (which we do have).

I'd throw the impact on it but I swear that a 9mm allen socket has been outlawed or something. I've been to about 6 stores and none of their sets have it, nor do they carry it individually. Snap-on is the only site I've found with it and I'm pretty sure we don't have one of their trucks around here.

Timing belt went and we're lucky enough to have both A/C and power steering, the mounting bracket for them has to be removed, there's no other way to get to the timing belt.

 

[COPPERHEAD85]

If its the same setup I have its press fit.
You have to have a Puller/Install tool.
Rent it at the Zone.

 

[Captain Ledd]

Oh, I normally mention these things, but it was rather late.

1997, 2.3L.

So the whole things just pulls off? So why would there be this allen bolt in the shaft?
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[Sasquatch_Ryda]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh4L1gjABQk

You need the puller tool to get it off, and there should also be an installer in the kit as well.

 

[Captain Ledd]

Ok then, not the puller I was planning on using, but it seems to have done the job well enough.

Gonna be a hell of a fun time getting this off still in the truck, every one I've seen has it out of the truck.

There is an allen head bolt in the center, now this does loosen like a standard bolt right? It's not a reverse thread or anything? I've had the 2' cheater bar on it and everything, I'm afraid of breaking something.

So the allen bolt that is on the shaft has nothing to do with keeping the pulley on then eh? I'm trying to make sure it doesn't have a reverse thread on it and that it's just stuck, or if it does anyhting at all. It just seems silly to put a bolt on something that doesn't do anything.

 

[COPPERHEAD85]

Use the correct puller Luke...............The force will be with you!

 

[Sasquatch_Ryda]

That's not an allen bolt...it is the pump shaft.

 

[Captain Ledd]

Use the correct puller Luke...............The force will be with you!

Thank you for informing me that it needs a puller, no one mentioned that before. Not even me in my first post.

That's not an allen bolt...it is the pump shaft.

Now that's actually helpful, and not only that, an answer to what I was asking. I'll quit wasting my time piddling with it.

Thank you.

 

[COPPERHEAD85]

Just trying to help.

 

[Captain Ledd]

Just trying to help.

Well it's just that I stated that I knew I needed a puller in my first post, followed by list of that I need a puller. Only after 3 posts asking about what I thought was a bolt, it was made clear that it's just the end of the pump shaft. I thought it was an extra bolt to hold the pulley on and was frustrated that it would budge.

I've never had to take the pulley off of one of these things before.

 

[Sasquatch_Ryda]

I appologize as well....I didn't even read the part about you having the proper puller either

Bad habit of skimming over posts and not reading them fully!

Glad I could help tho in the end