Power Sterring Pulley Wobbles

[hayden49]

as above my power steering pulley wobbles around while the car is running, will this cause any problems in the long run and is there a way i can tension it or something?

cheers

[foznice]

I'm not sure of the actual pulley itself, but you can tighten the entire pump if needbe. Do this at your own risk, as I'm unsure of the outcome in this particular case.

There's three bolts... 2 of them are a pain in the ass to get to.

1. is behind the crank pulley.. theres a hole in the pulley which will allow you to get the bolt.. so keep cranking the engine until you can get your 14mil socket in there.. just losen it up.. don't take the entire bolt out.

2. Is a the six 0 clock position to the pump... and the bolt screms in towards the north south direction of the car.. Is 12 mil... again it's hard to get to just losen this up.

3. This one is at probably the 5 or 4 o'clocl position.. relative to the pump.. it's a long bolt that head in the east/west direction.. this is the bolt that actually does the tightening/loosening the other two just hold them in place. Tighten the bolt (12mil) to tighten the belt... loosen the bolt to losen..

sounds simple but you'll have to probably remove some of the intake piping to get to it.. and maybe break your arm/wrist in the process.....

[khunjeng]

tell me about it I started doing it on the weekend...it sucks...but good advice.

[hayden49]

well i had my 100k service done today so im guessing they woulda of tightened the entire pump up, meh maybe its just the little wheel pulley thing being abit loose, the engine is 10 years old after all.

anyways just wondering if it would cause any damage.

[Omurru]

If it's the actual pulley wobbling and not the entire pump i would say the shaft bearings are worn. This causes excessive stress on the pump and will cause it to wear even faster, the bearings will eventually break and either jam or just fall appart, either result is bad though.....

[hayden49]

bleh i thought it would be something along those lines, woulda just a regular motor mechanic be able to do it or would it be a specialist job?