I have isolated my psteering oil leak to the shaft seal. My van has about 119k miles. Is it worth it to replace this seal rather than buy a new or reman pump? I searched the forum and plenty of threads about replacing pumps but not much about the shaft seal. A new seal is 10's of $ while an entire pump is 100's. I already have a pulley puller.
Thanks for your thoughts.
I rebuilt mine like 6 years ago with a seal kit from Amazon. Pulling the pulley was a real pita; much more so was putting it back on after the fact, it never really go in all the way 100%. For the next 5 years I had a leak. Finally I went to the P&P and pulled the whole assembly out of a pristine 2005.
I hear that, a few $s for a set of seals or ~$100 for a reman w/reservoir, ~$150 for a new pump.
If your pump is not damaged and the reservoir is in good shape. I would probably replace the seal. Not a lot of extra work and quite a bit of savings to be had. Just make sure to fill and bleed properly on install regardless of which route you choose.
Had to remove the pump anyway, so it was worth looking.
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