my power steering gear box input bearing is looser than my first wife, and the pump leaks, so here is my plan? and should the front wheels be off the ground when I do this??
1) take the belt off the pully
2) remove the fluid from the power steering pump.
3) cut the lines to the gear box and drain the rest of the fluid out
while thats draining
4) remove the pitman arm from the gear box, leave the ball joint in place
5) take the bolt out from the steering rod connector
6) remove the 3 mounting bolts and slide the gear box off the steer rod connector ( while balanced on a floor jack )
7) remove the pump and old hoses
the pump and ger box are going back for the core charge
8) Install the new pump with a new pully all ready installed
NOW: should I install the new hoses ( with the little O-rings ) to the gear box before installing the gear box, or install the new hoses to the pump before installing that and let them hang from the pump until I get the gear box on the connector and then put the hoses on the GB and then bolt the GB in place?
9) re-install the pitman arm
10) lock down the steering rod connector,
11) fill the pump with fluid ~~~how much fluid? is 2 quarts enough, or should I get three? or four
12) start the wobbly jalopy and go full turns left and right until the proper fluid level is reached? with the wheels on or off the ground??
does that sound like a decent plan? I have never attempted this before, but Im putting all new stuff in, so removing and cutting all the old stuff ain't no thing?
1) take the belt off the pully
2) remove the fluid from the power steering pump.
3) cut the lines to the gear box and drain the rest of the fluid out
while thats draining
4) remove the pitman arm from the gear box, leave the ball joint in place
5) take the bolt out from the steering rod connector
6) remove the 3 mounting bolts and slide the gear box off the steer rod connector ( while balanced on a floor jack )
7) remove the pump and old hoses
the pump and ger box are going back for the core charge
8) Install the new pump with a new pully all ready installed
NOW: should I install the new hoses ( with the little O-rings ) to the gear box before installing the gear box, or install the new hoses to the pump before installing that and let them hang from the pump until I get the gear box on the connector and then put the hoses on the GB and then bolt the GB in place?
9) re-install the pitman arm
10) lock down the steering rod connector,
11) fill the pump with fluid ~~~how much fluid? is 2 quarts enough, or should I get three? or four
12) start the wobbly jalopy and go full turns left and right until the proper fluid level is reached? with the wheels on or off the ground??
does that sound like a decent plan? I have never attempted this before, but Im putting all new stuff in, so removing and cutting all the old stuff ain't no thing?
