PS pulley accessibility?

[luxuryrules]

Want to pre-emptively examine the PS belt tensioner and pulley, as I’ve been advised this can be a significant failure and I understand the parts are a concern.

Book says, remove all belts, then remove the two bolts holding the PS belt tensioner, then three bolts for the PS pulley. Makes sense. Appears there’s almost no clearance between this stuff and my PS rack and lines

I was figuring, check tensioner for play, and re-lube the shaft of the PS pulley.

Any advice for getting to these things? Is it just a pain to do or are there any other removals to make access a bit easier?

 

[mickeytee]

Thats pretty much it. pulley slides off the splined pump. I rebuild the tensioners and the pulleys. I also have a couple of pumps left . the tensioner is very strong takes 40 foot pounds to compress it . if it has loose play its bad. If its leaking its bad. 500$ for one when new. I rebuild them for 150 or 100 if doing them with the pulley. Look on the backside of the pulley drive for any rusty brown dust. Thats a sign its starting to wear. If you should get it off you can send me a photo of the splines and i can advise. Pulley rebuild is 300-400 depending if its come loose and worn the housing.very little grease but i like antiseise if you have it. Ive seen them fail at 20,000 miles and be fine at 160,000 so really hard to pinpoint the reason.. I usually do about one a month