power steering pulley
 

I know I could not be the only one to think this but could not find anything about it... Drilling access holes when needing to remove power steering pump. I don't know if it will throw off the balance or what.. And yes it's all metal

Re: power steering pulley
 

If the holes were needed the factory would have put them there. Front wheel drive gm cars had access holes but trucks need a puller to remove it. The pulley should have a groove in the nose area for the puller to latch onto it. Do a google search on gm power steering pump puller and you will be able to see if this is whats needed.

Re: power steering pulley
 

GM does a lot of things that don't make sense some times... I was just asking if it would effect it working properly...

Re: power steering pulley
 

Balance at high RPM would be a problem if they were not the same

Are there some steel pulleys that have three spokes, and access to the bolts available without removing the pulley

Re: power steering pulley
 

Ok thanks...

Re: power steering pulley
 

Just drill your hole what you need and then drill another on the opposite side to counter balance . Doubt it will hurt the integrity at all . A lot go gm pulleys have lots of holes in them.

Re: power steering pulley
 

there's a bunch of options with holes. search on ls1tech about PS pulleys and there's 3-4 dorman part numbers and some JY stuff too.

Re: power steering pulley
 

If your worried about balance drill 3 equally spaced holes in the pulley. If balance was an issue the belt yanking on the pump in one direction would cause all sorts of problems. A ps pump pulley puller isn't terribly expensive though.