Discovery Power steering pump

I read up on replacing the seals and decided that even getting the steering drop arm off was beyond me. I asked on here and was advised to try an automatic gearbox leak curer (I used STP but there's loads of different makes). Having already tried a proprietary power steering leak curer I was a tad sceptical but I duly poured the entire bottle of autogearbox stuff into the power steering reservoir and, after a week or so, the leak was gone.

Two years later it's still fine.

Worth a try in my book

Graeme

Fitting a seal kit to a power steering pump is a doddle, it's only two seals!! Getting the "can" off is a little scary, and you do end up with a pile of bits on the bench, but it's pretty straightforward to re-assmemble. Richard

On or around Mon, 8 Sep 2003 17:29:18 +0100, "Graeme" enlightened us thusly:

I think you're confusing the pump with the steering box.

Pump is certainly easier to get off the vehicle...

Ah whoops - reading the original - you're right! Apologies

re-assmemble.

Thanks for the info Richard. Are the seals special, or are they just O-rings? If they're just O-Rings or similar, I can get them easily here. If they're special, I need to order them from UK, and it just takes a bit of time.

What do you mean by getting the "can" off - is that the bit the pump rotor actually runs in?

Cheers! Graham Carter.

Well if its just leaking between the "can" and the insides at the pulley end, then the seal is effectively an o-ring - the seal that goes inside is a square-profile o-ring so to speak. Yep, the "can" is as you describe - depending on the type (I cant remember which it is on a Disco) it's either held in by two screws on the calsting, or is simply a push fit!

Richard

Hi Graham, can't help with the steering pump but thought I'd just say hi. My wife Steph used to teach in Zim' (up near Mutare) and our eldest son was born out there. All a dozen or more years back now, back before Mugabe went bonkers.

Cheers Gary