zombie66
Sr. Member
hey i thought i would give some friendly advice on doing the rebuild of the saginaw pump that was in one of the bronco driver tech articles. everything went great and would have taken the hour or hour n half they stated. except the fact that i just had to be a smartass and choose to replace the bushing thats around the pulley shaft. it probably would have been fine but i figured while i had the thing apart and the new bushing was in the kit i would do it also. getting it out was pretty simple i just used a socket the same size as the bushing and tapped it out. and this is where my excellent day began !
BUUWWWAHAHAHAHA!!
before you put the new bushing in definately put a little power steering fluid on the inside of the shaft hole and the outside of the new bushing. then dont do like i did and attempt to lightly tap the new one back in even if you put a thick washer on top of it to get the brunt of the tapping. it only went a little way and then just stopped completely and it didnt matter because the damage to the edge was already done. so once again i had to make a run to the Napa parts store (by the way my pump was off a '83 econoline van and the pump seal kit was #7-127 only about $15)
once i bought my 2nd seal kit i did it the right way and cut off a 5 inch peice of 7/16th all thread with washer and nuts on both ends, and slowly tightened down until it was fully seated. i dont know why i didnt do this in the first place but if i can save someone else the headache ill be happy. after that everything else was like the article said "a peice of cake". ha ha
i did get the pump,the bracket and both hoses for $45 bucks at the boneyard. so even having spent $30 bucks on both kits you still get alot for your money if you dont mind spending an hour or two going to some local yards. good luck!
kevin
BUUWWWAHAHAHAHA!!
before you put the new bushing in definately put a little power steering fluid on the inside of the shaft hole and the outside of the new bushing. then dont do like i did and attempt to lightly tap the new one back in even if you put a thick washer on top of it to get the brunt of the tapping. it only went a little way and then just stopped completely and it didnt matter because the damage to the edge was already done. so once again i had to make a run to the Napa parts store (by the way my pump was off a '83 econoline van and the pump seal kit was #7-127 only about $15)
once i bought my 2nd seal kit i did it the right way and cut off a 5 inch peice of 7/16th all thread with washer and nuts on both ends, and slowly tightened down until it was fully seated. i dont know why i didnt do this in the first place but if i can save someone else the headache ill be happy. after that everything else was like the article said "a peice of cake". ha ha
i did get the pump,the bracket and both hoses for $45 bucks at the boneyard. so even having spent $30 bucks on both kits you still get alot for your money if you dont mind spending an hour or two going to some local yards. good luck!
kevin
