[V8] Resealing Power steering pump

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There is a lot of BTDT on this - my two cents is to call Rick at:
http://www.importpartsspec.com/

He rebuilt these pumps as a business and has found that there is a 
"bad" kit out there. The o-rings always leak shortly after a rebuild. 
He can source the "good" kit for you. If your front seal keeps going 
bad, you may also have a worn out front bearing.
Last time I talked to him, he was out of these bearings and did not 
plan to get more due to high cost and low demand for rebuilt pumps. 
That may have changed but I don't know.

FWIW, he rebuilt mine (including front bearing) over a year ago and it 
is still dry as a bone.

Dave


On Tuesday, August 10, 2004, at 09:19 PM, Kneale Brownson wrote:

> I've done several, Bob.  There's a good description of the process in 
> the
> Bentley for the 200q20v.  I've gotten seal kits from Blau, TPC and 
> Force 5.
>  If you just take the mushroom caps out and replace those seals, you
> probably will have a leak soon from the place where the pump body 
> splits in
> half.  I find that the seals all tend to get hard and lose their 
> sealing
> capacity at more or less the same time.
>
> At 02:27 AM 8/11/2004 +0000, bob moy wrote:
>> Any one have success in resealing their power steering pump.  Fixed 
>> one leak
>> last week (reservoir to pump hose) and now I notice that the power 
>> steering
>> pump is leaking.
>>
>> I know that you have to use a drag link socket to remove the cross 
>> plugs.
>>
>>
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