Power steering O ring repair problem

[101st ABN]

My power steering pump is leaking bad at the pump resovoir connection. I attempted the o ring repair however I was not able to remove the lower t30 torx bolt as it came in contact with the puley. Anyone have this issue with this repair?

 

[Briman]

The shop manual says to remove the pulley from the pump to get the torx bolt out. I pulled the entire pump/reservoir unit from the truck so I could work on it on my bench. I did not have the correct tool to remove the pulley and after trying a couple of pullers I had in my tool box I still could not get the pulley off the pump. I ended up taking a Dremel with a cut off disk and sliced off the side of the torx bolt. Not enough to get in to the torx bit area but enough to clear the pulley. When I put the reservoir back on I used a stainless washer under the cut torx bolt. The new O rings worked great. No leaks, not much money.

 

[101st ABN]

I thought I would have to remove the pulley or the pump to get the bolt out. Thanks.

 

[100 Proof]

Both of my bolts came out from the rear. The pulley was not a factor.

100 Proof