Power steering pump disaster

[Gardner Yeaw]

WOW!!!What pleasant a surprise when the power steering quits on a
narrow winding country road.

I was bringing the coach home to install tank heaters for a trip
north next weekend. I felt a little unfamiliar twitch in the steering
followed shortly by another as I was entering a bend in the road. I
suddenly felt the wheel fighting me and pushing back. It felt like
the front end was locking up or falling apart. I hit the brakes and
pulled wheel with all my might to keep it on the road.

After stopping I couldn't see what was wrong so I assumed the power
steering pump just quit. I managed to disconnect the toad and make a
very difficult three point turn, reconnect the toad and return to the
storage facility very slowly. After I opened up the front end and
swung out the radiator I could see the belt was off the pulley. I
reached in to see if the pump was frozen and the pulley fell off in
my hand. The hub had disintegrated and only the three spokes were
left. Fluid was dripping from the front pump bearing and the shaft
was scraped up. The bolt was still tight in the front of the shaft.

So I am perusing the forum data to locate pump suppliers. I assume
the pump will be easier than the pulley. Does anyone know where I
might find the pulley before I start calling the likley candidates?


So much for this weekend's trip.

Gardner
78FC33

[Mike Hohnstein]

Good thing you weren't on yer way to Alaska.
Now might be the time to install the 87 and up 6.5"
dia. pump pulley, greatly reduces the incidence of pump cavitation. Cavitation
is what kills most FC pumps due to the lousy sump configuration. A larger sump
down by the pump with a small fill/check chamber under the engine cover is a
great upgrade. One of the better things I've done to mine I'll tell you.
Power Steering Specialist
614 882 2422
These guys have supplied me successfully with the things I need for some
projects requiring very obscure parts.
MH
----- Original Message -----
From: Gardner Yeaw
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2007 2:12 PM
Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Power steering pump disaster


WOW!!!What pleasant a surprise when the power steering quits on a
narrow winding country road.

I was bringing the coach home to install tank heaters for a trip
north next weekend. I felt a little unfamiliar twitch in the steering
followed shortly by another as I was entering a bend in the road. I
suddenly felt the wheel fighting me and pushing back. It felt like
the front end was locking up or falling apart. I hit the brakes and
pulled wheel with all my might to keep it on the road.

After stopping I couldn't see what was wrong so I assumed the power
steering pump just quit. I managed to disconnect the toad and make a
very difficult three point turn, reconnect the toad and return to the
storage facility very slowly. After I opened up the front end and
swung out the radiator I could see the belt was off the pulley. I
reached in to see if the pump was frozen and the pulley fell off in
my hand. The hub had disintegrated and only the three spokes were
left. Fluid was dripping from the front pump bearing and the shaft
was scraped up. The bolt was still tight in the front of the shaft.

So I am perusing the forum data to locate pump suppliers. I assume
the pump will be easier than the pulley. Does anyone know where I
might find the pulley before I start calling the likley candidates?

So much for this weekend's trip.

Gardner
78FC33





[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Stephen Birtles]

http://www.levysteering.com

Stephen 77fc35



--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Gardner Yeaw"
wrote:
>
> WOW!!!What pleasant a surprise when the power steering quits on a
> narrow winding country road.
>
> I was bringing the coach home to install tank heaters for a trip
> north next weekend. I felt a little unfamiliar twitch in the steering
> followed shortly by another as I was entering a bend in the road. I
> suddenly felt the wheel fighting me and pushing back. It felt like
> the front end was locking up or falling apart. I hit the brakes and
> pulled wheel with all my might to keep it on the road.
>
> After stopping I couldn't see what was wrong so I assumed the power
> steering pump just quit. I managed to disconnect the toad and make a
> very difficult three point turn, reconnect the toad and return to the
> storage facility very slowly. After I opened up the front end and
> swung out the radiator I could see the belt was off the pulley. I
> reached in to see if the pump was frozen and the pulley fell off in
> my hand. The hub had disintegrated and only the three spokes were
> left. Fluid was dripping from the front pump bearing and the shaft
> was scraped up. The bolt was still tight in the front of the shaft.
>
> So I am perusing the forum data to locate pump suppliers. I assume
> the pump will be easier than the pulley. Does anyone know where I
> might find the pulley before I start calling the likley candidates?
>
>
> So much for this weekend's trip.
>
> Gardner
> 78FC33
>

[Gardner Yeaw]

Mike,
Do you have a part number for the larger pulley? I think for now
I just want to get back on the road. The weather is turning cold and
working outdoors will be bad enough just getting it back together,
let alone trying fanacy upgrades. The pulley would be simple, but
relocating the sump is a later project.

Gardner
78FC33


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Hohnstein"
<MHOHNSTEIN@...> wrote:
>
> Good thing you weren't on yer way to Alaska.
> Now might be the time to install the 87 and up 6.5"
> dia. pump pulley, greatly reduces the incidence of pump
cavitation. Cavitation is what kills most FC pumps due to the lousy
sump configuration. A larger sump down by the pump with a small
fill/check chamber under the engine cover is a great upgrade. One
of the better things I've done to mine I'll tell you.
> Power Steering Specialist
> 614 882 2422
> These guys have supplied me successfully with the things I need
for some projects requiring very obscure parts.
> MH
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Gardner Yeaw
> To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2007 2:12 PM
> Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Power steering pump disaster
>
>
> WOW!!!What pleasant a surprise when the power steering quits on
a
> narrow winding country road.
>
> I was bringing the coach home to install tank heaters for a trip
> north next weekend. I felt a little unfamiliar twitch in the
steering
> followed shortly by another as I was entering a bend in the
road. I
> suddenly felt the wheel fighting me and pushing back. It felt
like
> the front end was locking up or falling apart. I hit the brakes
and
> pulled wheel with all my might to keep it on the road.
>
> After stopping I couldn't see what was wrong so I assumed the
power
> steering pump just quit. I managed to disconnect the toad and
make a
> very difficult three point turn, reconnect the toad and return
to the
> storage facility very slowly. After I opened up the front end
and
> swung out the radiator I could see the belt was off the pulley.
I
> reached in to see if the pump was frozen and the pulley fell off
in
> my hand. The hub had disintegrated and only the three spokes
were
> left. Fluid was dripping from the front pump bearing and the
shaft
> was scraped up. The bolt was still tight in the front of the
shaft.
>
> So I am perusing the forum data to locate pump suppliers. I
assume
> the pump will be easier than the pulley. Does anyone know where
I
> might find the pulley before I start calling the likley
candidates?
>
> So much for this weekend's trip.
>
> Gardner
> 78FC33
>
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

[Gardner Yeaw]

Stephen,
Thanks. I am having trouble crossreferencing, but I assume a
phone call will work tomorrow.

Gardner
78FC33


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Stephen Birtles"
wrote:
>
>
> http://www.levysteering.com
>
> Stephen 77fc35
>
>
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Gardner Yeaw"
> wrote:
> >
> > WOW!!!What pleasant a surprise when the power steering quits on
a
> > narrow winding country road.
> >
> > I was bringing the coach home to install tank heaters for a
trip
> > north next weekend. I felt a little unfamiliar twitch in the
steering
> > followed shortly by another as I was entering a bend in the
road. I
> > suddenly felt the wheel fighting me and pushing back. It felt
like
> > the front end was locking up or falling apart. I hit the brakes
and
> > pulled wheel with all my might to keep it on the road.
> >
> > After stopping I couldn't see what was wrong so I assumed the
power
> > steering pump just quit. I managed to disconnect the toad and
make a
> > very difficult three point turn, reconnect the toad and return
to the
> > storage facility very slowly. After I opened up the front end
and
> > swung out the radiator I could see the belt was off the pulley.
I
> > reached in to see if the pump was frozen and the pulley fell off
in
> > my hand. The hub had disintegrated and only the three spokes
were
> > left. Fluid was dripping from the front pump bearing and the
shaft
> > was scraped up. The bolt was still tight in the front of the
shaft.
> >
> > So I am perusing the forum data to locate pump suppliers. I
assume
> > the pump will be easier than the pulley. Does anyone know where
I
> > might find the pulley before I start calling the likley
candidates?
> >
> >
> > So much for this weekend's trip.
> >
> > Gardner
> > 78FC33
> >
>

[david edwards]

Gardner:
While you're working on the pump over the cold months,
you might want to consider some upgrades to the whole
system. I have some pictures here of what I did to
mine. FC power steering systems run too hot. (put an
infrared thermometer on the reservoir after driving),
partly because the low pressure lines run close to
the exhaust manifold. I replaced all my lines with
high temperature lines, insulated them with firesleeve
where they pass by the manifold, doubled the size of
the reservoir and added a cooler. Reduced running
temperatures by about 100 degrees.

Kerry
82 FC 35
Denver



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