Power steering pump pulley won't fit new pump.

[Ian95rrc]

So I decided to be a cheap bastard and get a remanufactured pump from Cardone Industries. They list the same pump for 95-99 D1 which would be the same for a 95 RRC. I get the pump in and go to put the pulley on and it won't fit. I'm thinking it's the paint they put on so I take off all the paint on the pump end. Still won't fit. So in a moment of brilliance I get some longer bolts and try to pull the pulley onto the pump. Well that just ended up bowing out the pulley. The pulley fits fine on the old pump. I even tryed filing down the pulley with no luck. The bitch just won't fit.

So WTF, shouldn't this pulley fit without any problems? Anyone have this happen before?

I did notice there are slight differences between the pumps. The inlet with the hose clamp is different as well as the back of the pump.

 

[nosivad_bor]

can you nut just reuse the old pully? i think that is often a standard proceedure.

 

[Ian95rrc]

That's what I'm trying to do.

I just ended up grinding the old pulley out enough so it would fit on the new pump. It's wobbling a little so I'm going to get a salvaged pulley and see if it fits right off the bat.

The larger hole in the pulley now gives me a 2mm gap around the old pump, yet it fits very tight on the new pump.

I don't get it. I'll report back on how a different pulley fits on this new pump.

 

[WILL.TILLERY]

Ian,

I have some extra ps pump pulleys here...Do you have a part number on your pulley that does not fit??

 

[Ian95rrc]

Hey Will,

I was actually going to ask if you had any on hand. I don't have the part number in front of me. I will get the number off the pulley in the morning. I need some trim parts too so I'll get it all together and get in touch with you. Thanks.