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Rover Rover 600 Repair Manual - Volumes 1 and 2 - 2nd Edition12 · Steering
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Power Steering Pump Preload Inspection

Make
Rover
Model
600 Rover 600 Repair Manual - Volumes 1 and 2 - 2nd Edition
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Repairs › Power Steering Pump Preload Inspection
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Power Steering Pump Preload Inspection

Diagram showing a torque wrench (A) being used to check the preload on a power steering pump held in a vice.
  1. A Torque Wrench

Check the pump reload with a torque wrench after overhauling a pump or installing a replacement pump. Preload: 8 Nm max.

Power Steering Pump Disassembly

Pulley Removal

Diagram showing an extension bar (A), pulley nut (B), and pulley (C) being removed from a power steering pump.
  1. A Extension Bar
  2. B Pulley Nut
  3. C Pulley
  4. Drain the fluid from the pump.
  5. Hold the steering pump in a vice with soft jaws.

CAUTION: Be careful not to damage the pump housing with the jaws of the vise.

  1. Hold the steering pump pulley with an extension bar and remove the pulley nut.
  2. Remove the pulley.

Note: Pulley nut has left hand thread.

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