Removing power steering reservoir?

I have a 3.4L and was wondering how you remove the PS reservoir to clean the screen. I was doing the turkey baster method but stupidly put in on the pavement and it picked up small rocks when I put it back into the reservoir.

Apparently there are three bolts to remove it but I'm not sure how to do this without removing the pulley, belt etc. I don't know how to move the pulley manually to see if there are bolts behind it. Are there two on the front side and one on the back?

 

Playing around with tablet, not sure the diagram will come out.

 

Here is an exploded view of the pump.

 

Thanks. I ended up cranking the starter for a split second to move the pulley so I could access that front bolt.

 

You could've also just loosened the belt, to turn the pulley

 

been trying to accomplish this also.... did you get it done?

 

Nah, too lazy

 

It's pretty easy, took about 30 minutes. Just need a 3/8" driver and 12mm socket and a 12mm wrench. Then undo the two bolts on the rear with the driver/wrench and the front bolt with the driver. If the pulley access hole isn't oriented to get to the front bolt, just crank the starter for a split second or loosen the belt and turn the pulley. I used the lazy method of cranking the starter. Undo the return hose and pull off the resi. I pushed the return hose off by putting the open end of the 12mm wrench on the end of the hose and pushing down on the wrench using a flathead to get the hose off. The resi comes off at an angle, the tube on the bottom is shown in the vid and will help you figure out what direction to pull it off. Basically just pull it up and towards the pass side to get it off. Wiggle it a little so you're not putting stress on that o-ring.

I used about a half a can of brake cleaner in each side of the holes and just shook it out. Sort of followed the procedure in this video (though removal of the whole PS pump is not necessary).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZwYbvwIQ4Y

 

Don't forget about that little o-ring. Verify that it is still good before re-installing, or you'll have a leak.

 

I did. I even pulled it out again just to make sure it didn't slide out of the channel it was in and put a dab of ATF on there to help it slide in. All's good.

 

there is a hole in the pulley so rotate the pulley until the hole lines up to remove that bolt. you most likely will be able to line things up by pulling on the belt one way or the other after its close unless you get unlucky

 

thanks for the details..... how easy was putting the return hose back on the reservoir?

 

Just had to wipe the ATF off the outside of the hose with a towel, other than that you can slide it on by hand.

I would suggest covering the lowest belt with a rag or plastic bag, you will spill some Atf when you pull the resi.

 

Got it done today.... Could just be me but sounds quieter and turns easier

 

Glad you got it taken care of! How dirty was your screen? Mine wasn't too bad but I wanted to spray any of the rocks out I might have picked up when I set the turkey baster on the pavement -_-

 

Wasn't horrible but definitely some material on the screen

 

Sooo, I am in the process of doing this, but when I line up the hole on the pulley I still can't get that front bolt off, the wrench won't fit. Is there a trick to doing it? I'd strongly prefer to not have to take off the pulley.

 

You should be able to line up the hole in the pulley with the front bolt and get a socket on there. Check out Timmy's video on that job, start at 21:30 or so:

https://youtu.be/5k61KXRK8bM?t=1287

 

My engine is the 2.7, so I guess it's a bit different unfortunately. I thought that it was the same reservoir. That video is perfect though, thanks.I can get super close to getting the socket on the bolt but the pulley is still in the way, someone suggested taking off the belt so I'm going to try that