In the process of swapping in a new steering rack and figured i'd replace the 23 year old pump and lines as well. Anyone using one?
Grn92LX
They're pretty much the only remanufacturer commonly available, so chances are anyone running a reman PS pump is running a Cardone. Mine seems fine.
The bad news is they are all Chinese rebuilds, the good news is that if yours is bad out of the box you can replace it with another one under warranty until you get one where the 12 year old assembling it over there actually did it correctly.
I've had pretty good luck with the parts store remanufactured things... have had to return a few calipers, went through 3 distributors on my old Cobra before I got one that worked, alternators always seem to be fine... Give it a shot and see. Or you can always go to a manual rack...
I've had pretty good luck with the parts store remanufactured things... have had to return a few calipers, went through 3 distributors on my old Cobra before I got one that worked, alternators always seem to be fine... Give it a shot and see. Or you can always go to a manual rack...
The proper tool doesn't touch the lip of the pulley.....Autozone will loan it to you.
I bought a Motorcraft pump through Rock Auto when I did my rack/hoses/pump redo about 9 months ago. I presume it's remanufactured by someone/somewhere....but more than that I don't know. I do know that it is by far the quietest pump I've had on the car (#3). And it was about twice as much as the remans such as those from Cardone.
Strongly urge you to replace high and low pressure hoses as well, AND put a filter (a few bucks at any parts store) in the return line. My understanding is that the hoses deteriorate over time from the inside which puts debris in the fluid. And hardly anyone (self included.....until now) EVER changes power steering fluid. That debris laden fluid and the bad hoses are usually the culprits that later take out recently installed remanufactured pumps and racks. And the blame is usually placed on bad rebuild jobs. Not saying all rebuilts are high quality -- just saying many never had a chance because bad hoses/debris-filled fluid are taken out of the equation.
I put in new hoses/pump/rack/filter -- and the pump has never been quieter/steering never been better.
I bought a Motorcraft pump through Rock Auto when I did my rack/hoses/pump redo about 9 months ago. I presume it's remanufactured by someone/somewhere....but more than that I don't know. I do know that it is by far the quietest pump I've had on the car (#3). And it was about twice as much as the remans such as those from Cardone.
Strongly urge you to replace high and low pressure hoses as well, AND put a filter (a few bucks at any parts store) in the return line. My understanding is that the hoses deteriorate over time from the inside which puts debris in the fluid. And hardly anyone (self included.....until now) EVER changes power steering fluid. That debris laden fluid and the bad hoses are usually the culprits that later take out recently installed remanufactured pumps and racks. And the blame is usually placed on bad rebuild jobs. Not saying all rebuilts are high quality -- just saying many never had a chance because bad hoses/debris-filled fluid are taken out of the equation.
I put in new hoses/pump/rack/filter -- and the pump has never been quieter/steering never been better.
I have the proper ps pulley puller. I am going to change everything (pump, lines) unless I end up returning everything and going manual.
Is there supposed to be any play in the power steering pump when spinning it side to side?
Just picked up a cardone pump, put the pulley on and I can feel play in the pulley side to side (like if you put your hand on the pulley and twist it side to side) normal or bad out of the box?
Just picked up a cardone pump, put the pulley on and I can feel play in the pulley side to side (like if you put your hand on the pulley and twist it side to side) normal or bad out of the box?
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