PS pump question

[drohweder]

I took off my power steering pump and am having the hardest time gettting the pully off it!! Its off a 350 sbc, stock pump with the Allen key . I beat the s*** out of it but it still won't come off. Anyone have any tricks? Is there a way to lock out the spindle?

All this just to clean it up and get it powder coated

Thanks in advance.

 

[secretagent]

Hey Dan I believe all the PS pump pulleys require a puller to remove the pullley. I bought one from Harbor Frieght for 15 dollars. Good luck

 

[theo]

It's a TIGHT press fit that drove me mad. A puller worked for me.

 

[Degnol]

It is a Morse Taper and definitely a job for a puller. When I bought a Volvo 240 pulley to match the wide groove on my balancer, the guy just gave me the whole pump and said he didn't want to dick with removing the pulley and I found out why. You need a puller. No bangey will work, it is a very precision fit.
GL
Ed
No BFH this time

 

[toddslater]

A young motorhead in the hood had the same issue with his out of his sbc powered CJ5. When I got the call he was pretty worn out..even with the puller (but I think no vise). Anywho, seeing that it had the potential to be a real bastid, I put it in the vise, put the big heater tip on the torch and turned it cherry red. Put the puller on and it came off like butta.

 

[62FJ40]

Hopefuly you haven't bent up the pulley too bad beating on it! Go to Auto Zone, Checker,
Napa ect... they have puller you need, I just used the one at nearest Auto Zone in the store. Takes two people w/o vise to hold pump. Counter guy will probablly be willing!

Same tool installs pully back onto pump or find bolt that fits in shaft put a nut on it then large washer, screw nut all the way down, thread bolt into pump shaft. Hold bolt from turning, use nut and washer to push pulley back on.

If you can reinstall pulley on pump while bolted to engine you can eye ball pulley alignment to fine tune your belt alignment.

Since you have a SBC, while at parts store buy GM repair manual that covers your year engine will cover these things.

 

[drohweder]

Thanks guys. I am wondering if its even worth the effort. I was just going to repaint it. After all, its just my wheeling rig but I like it to look nice. (not HOT ROD nice but not a greasy mess like it is now).

How do you tell what year your engine is? I don't know off hand so is there a way to ID it? Engine block #? Where do you find that? How do you reference it?

Thanks

 

[toycruiser72]

right front of block will ID...in front of cyl head..
left rear will be block casting #
this site will id all info... http://www.nastyz28.com/sbchevy/sblock.html