Hello all, I have a '68 with pretty much all original steering components, including the pump according to the pretty complete maintenance history on the car. It has 144,000 miles and the pump has a moderate leak. It appears to mostly be coming around the pulley shaft. How difficult is it to install a reseal kit that WCCC sells, and what are the odds that’ll solve the issue? Power steering system is working great otherwise. I found the PS belt adjusted crazy tight, so I am hoping it didn’t cause excessive bearing wear. It’s not noisy when the fluid is up on it. I would prefer to service the pump versus replace it, since it’s cheaper and appears to be the original.
Easy job to re-seal a power steering pump. The hardest part will be removing the pulley. Borrow the power steering pulley puller from your local Auto Zone store if you don’t have one.
Yes make sure you get the proper puller or you’ll destroy the pulley.
Great, that’s what I was hoping to hear. Worst case I could drop it off and have a machine shop remove the pulley. I watched a video and it looked pretty straightforward. I may take some pics and post them up for others when I dive into it. Thanks guys.