oil leak comeing off of power steering drive shaft

[Evan]

ive got steady leak comeing from the shaft that drivers the power steering pump on my 02 cummins.

any one else have this leak. shop techs tell me its pain to fix it

thanks for any replies

Evan

 

[BudTX]

Drop Cumminalong a pm if he does not find this thread. If he is not familiar with this issue, he will know someone who is, and will offer good advice.

Bud

 

[Evan]

thank you,

is this question posted in the right forumn?

 

[Turbine Doc]

PM GMCTD he's a cummins guy as well

 

[94cummins12v]

seal is shot

 

[gmctd]

Remove the p\s pump from the vacuum pump, replace the shaft seal - prolly oughta do the vacuum pump shaft seal while yer at it

 

[Evan]

thanks guysfor the tips im puln it in the garage right now to take alook at it and see what i think about getn it done today.

thanks

Evan

 

[Cumminalong]

Sorry, I just now saw this.

Lemme find ya a decent diagram of what you're looking at.

 

[Cumminalong]

Okay, here's the deal.

The pump itself is not designed to be serviced. It's replaced as a unit.

Here are a few spots it may be leaking from and it IS a PITA to get at....

- Pump shaft seal behind the pulley (most likely)
- Pump to reservoir O-ring
- Reservoir cap
- Pressure and return lines
- Flow control valve fitting

 

[Evan]

thank you very much for diagram.

shops are teln me 8 hours labor to fix it. and all kinds hoo ya like possibly havn to pull the cam

so ive just been keepn a close eye on my oil.

i ended up doing difrent project today and put the oil leak on hold again.

thanks again

Evan

 

[Cumminalong]

thank you very much for diagram.

shops are teln me 8 hours labor to fix it. and all kinds hoo ya like possibly havn to pull the cam

Evan

They shouldn't to pull the cam, but you damn near have to dissassemble the front of the truck to get it out.

Radiator support, radiator, intercooler, tranny cooler, PS cooler, condenser and fan all need to come out to get to that thing.

It's a PITA!

 

[Evan]

dang

 

[99ram3500]

It is your vacume pump that is leakin the oil not the p/s pump you can get a seal kit on ebay for cheap not hard to do at all. i did one on my 96 and 99. take both pumps off together, two bolts on the timming cover and one on the side of the block on a bracket. then undo all the lines. there is no need to take the timing cover off the gear on the vacume pump will fit through the hole in the timing cover. then it a matter of taking the two pumps apart and resealing the vacume pump. take about 2-3 hours the first time.

 

[ramtough01]

They shouldn't to pull the cam, but you damn near have to dissassemble the front of the truck to get it out.

Radiator support, radiator, intercooler, tranny cooler, PS cooler, condenser and fan all need to come out to get to that thing.

It's a PITA!

for the power steering pump and vacum pump? You dont have to do that i took the injector lines off battery out and the boost tube off and did it that way took like 3 hours for me

 

[Jess_sr]

It is your vacume pump that is leakin the oil not the p/s pump you can get a seal kit on ebay for cheap not hard to do at all. i did one on my 96 and 99. take both pumps off together, two bolts on the timming cover and one on the side of the block on a bracket. then undo all the lines. there is no need to take the timing cover off the gear on the vacume pump will fit through the hole in the timing cover. then it a matter of taking the two pumps apart and resealing the vacume pump. take about 2-3 hours the first time.

Just did one today. took about 3 hours. Got the seal kit from the dealer.