Day 2 of engine removal, now im stuck

[jeffputts]

I need help desperatly. I am replacing my head gaskets in my engine and I have taken the inakes off and also the valve covers, alternator, and the bolts in the headers. 1 major problem, I can get the friggin power steering pump out, bought a pully remove from advance auto and that didnt work, barely even fit in there with the radiator. There are 2 star shaped bolts behind the pullys and i cant get a deep socket that will fit them, even if i can get them out, will that remove my pump so that I can get at the regular bolt that is just a little too far under the pully to get a closed end wrench on. I dont know what to try next because I really dont want to pull off the pully if I dont have too. Thanks again guys

 

[HRT11]

take your fan out and maybe jack the motor up a little
gotta get that pulley off

 

[yellow1995Cobra]

just take a junk wrench that you have, grind her down to fit behind the pulley onto the bolt going into the head. Getting the pulley off is a PITA, and putting it back on is a PITA.

 

[VibrantRedGT]

I used a wrench then inserted a long breaker bar over the wrench. I never pull the power steering pump or A/C compressor off the bracket. I'm lazy when it comes to that bracket.

 

[horsesnake95]

you can do it the way vibrant said, but I've never had luck doing it that way. It is a pain in the ass to both take the pulley off and put it back on, but I've found that much easier than risking rounding off the head of the bracket bolt that's behind that pulley. Autozone should have the correct puller, I just got one from there today to take the same pulley off. Make sure to ask for a power steering pump pulley puller.

 

[jeffputts]

thanks for the replies guys, im gonan try the wrench method first 1 time, and if it wants to round the bolt im gonan go get a different puller

 

[final5-0]

You can find the correct puller for 10 to 15 bucks from discount tool places.

Later
Grady

 

[jwalker]

I bought the steering pump puller at advanced auto parts. It was easy to take off and put back on.

 

[Dave95GT]

Ive always just taken the whole bracket loose from the head and moved it out of the way. You can grind down the closed end of a wrench and loosen the bolts while pulling out on the bracket. Ive never disconnected the PS pump from the bracket. As a matter of fact, when I tool the PS off my car completely, it still has the bracket connected to it.

 

[jeffputts]

Thanks for everything guys, i managed to get a female torx socket to fit the star shaped bolts holding the pump into the bracket, ground down the edge of the socket a bit so it would fit and loosened the three screws in the pump so it was able to move enough to let me fit a regular wrench on the bolt, undid the bolt and the PITA bolt at the rear of the head and she pulled right off