I've never done this, but have often thought that all pulleys should have holes drilled through them so you could stick a rod through them to hold them still while you remove the nut/bolt in front of them. (Couldn't add any more "them"s to that sentence!). No I've never even looked closely at a 201 pump --
On 9/13/06, Curt Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'd asked this a couple weeks ago but got no replies, has no one ever replaced a w201 power steering pump? I have no idea how the hell to get the thing out. I *think* the pully has to come off, looks like 3 bolts, well I sure as hell can't get 'em off. I figured I'd get 'em off the replacement tonight to prove thats the way it goes. Well here I am snorting and fighting with the thing when it occurs to me I'll have to get 'em off the one actually in the car. Theres absolutely no way I can hold that pully tight enough to get the bolts off without seriously mauling the pully. I'd bet with a c-clamp on it I could pull 'em or with an air gun but theres no place to put the gun in the engine bay. Maybe with 2 wrenches at the same time? I'll have to get growing that extra arm! -Curt
-- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK "The Americans will always do the right thing... after they've exhausted all the alternatives." Sir Winston Churchill '90 300D, '87 300SDL, '81 240D, '78 450SLC, '97 Ply Grand Voyager
