I am attempting to change the water pump on my 1995 camaro V6 3.4 Litre engine.
Part of this process includes removing the power steering bracket.
I have removed the power steering pulley and the six bolts including four behind the pulley and two behind the electronic igntion modules (one of which I removed to access the bolt.

Does anyone know how many bolts need to be removed to remove the power steering bracket If there are more than six bolts, where are the other bolts located?
Or have I effectively accessed all the bolts I need to with the six I have removed?

What else do I need to do to get this power steering bracket to come loose so that I can remove the water pump?

 

Funny, I am due for the same project this week -- already replaced the thermostat, and will replace the belt with a Gatorback one, along with the re-man water pump swap...

Pickup a Haynes or Chiltons manual for your car at the local autoparts store! It may not have everything, but is a good guide...

How many miles do you have on yours?

 

How did you get the power steering pump pulley off? Mine is stuck good -- I have the 9 metric alan wrench, but what did you use to brace the pulley? The middle part is a bit rusty... The Haynes manual totally sucks for this part -- no details...

Did you figure out your questions yet?

Thanks.

 

I have a 3.8...so this might not apply.

Two bolts hold it in there along w/ the PS fluid lines. I'd take off the pump and then remove the pulley while it's out

 

So you take off the Power Steering pump first to be able to get off the pulley? That's the problem for me, I cannot get the pulley out, and the pump is still in... Seemed like I was supposed to use the alan wrench to remove the pulley -- didn't seem like the pump needed to come out first?

Update: A pulley puller is what was required -- Haynes manuals suck on these little details... I called and spoke with a mechanic at my local Chevrolet and they are happy to spend a couple minutes with you by phone.

 

I called a GM parts distributor and Roy, who answered the phone faxed me a diagram of the power steering assembly from which I was able to infer how many bolts hold on the bracket. I removed the remaining bolt and the power steering bracket came free.

My car has 109,000 miles. My newest problem is an electric fan that does not run when it should at temperature. I replaced the thermostat, the water pump, the two main radiator hoses, and the temperature sending sensor. I am convinced that the reason the fan still does not run is because there is not enough coolant in the system for the sensor to get an accurate reading - either that or there is another problem. My main concern is getting coolant into the system as I believe I am experiencing an air bubble. Any ideas? I add small amounts of coolant at a time, the car continues to overheat, and the electric fan does not engage.

 

I bought a tool specifically made for the power steering pulley and used this tool to remove and re-install. For me putting the pulley back on was a lot harder than removing.

 

Install the Prestone flush kit (cheap at Wal Mart), and use a super flush if your fluid looks brown/murky/rusty -- put all fresh 50/50 fluid back in after following the directions...

 

I discovered another leak in my cooling system 1995 Camaro V6 3.4L engine. There are two horseshoe pipes on either side of the air intake just above the water pump pully. One of these pipes has a crack and sprays liquid back toward the engine especially when the heater is turned on. I was attempting to flush the system with a Prestone Flush and the radiator filled with water.

Does anyone know what this assembly is called? There is one main pipe with two smaller pipes coming away from the main pipe. Each pipe is connected to the bypass hoses.

 

Do you have a Chiltons or Haynes manual for your car?

Ya gotta get one!