GMC Sierra power steering fixed

[Chris Jones]

Finished replacing the pump this AM. Got a rebuilt pump w/o reservoir for $40 from O'Reilly's and ended up borrowing a loaner pulley installation tool from Car Quest. Also 2 quarts of Auto Zone power steering fluid at just over $5 a quart! It works and is silent--so far. Don't see any leaks yet--hope there aren't any as it was a lot of stuff to pull apart to replace it.

To make myself feel about having to do all this I called and asked a dealership how much to replace my pump. He said he couldn't be exact because he didn't know which pump I needed but approximately $675-$700. He then said to be exact he could transfer me to parts to figure out what pump I needed from the VIN and he noted the labor would be $180. Parts said the pump I needed was $176. I'm no genius but $176 for the pump and $180 for labor is only $356 not even close to $675. So, I called a second dealer and asked how much to replace my power steering pump--the shaft broke. He asked all about my truck and said around $700 and they'd be glad to do the work. Maybe I misheard the labor rate. Whatever.

 

[Tom-NorthCenTX]

Chris, are you going to go back to that empty lot and cut some doughnuts with the new power steering pump? or lesson learned?
Tom

 

[Sprint 6]

Hope you memorized the procedure, rebuilt P/S pumps are mostly junk. There is only one company that rebuilds pumps, Cardone. They can't reman anything to save their life.

 

[Chris Jones]

Lesson learned.

 

[Dalex]

I got a horrible Cardone r/b pump from my local A/P.It was so loud , you couldn't talk above the racket. I took it back he gave me another , it was still noisy , but it would quiet down after it warmed up. Due to time issues , I settled for that one, but it wasn't right....

 

[Chris Jones]

I was worried about that but I can't hear it at all unless like all pumps when wheels held full turned.

 

[Chris Jones]

Can't be any worse than an OE pump who's shaft breaks.

 

[Sprint 6]

What shaft do you think Cardone uses in their remans? That's right, the unbroken factory ones.

 

[Hobo,NC]

(quoted from post at 02:43:34 07/04/12) Hope you memorized the procedure, rebuilt P/S pumps are mostly junk. There is only one company that rebuilds pumps, Cardone. They can't reman anything to save their life.

I agree and add a good P/S flush to the work order..

 

[Jon Hagen]

Good job, you learned how and saved yourself a lot of money .