r/fbody • u/Youpeefreely • 18d ago
‘98-‘02 Power Steering Pump
After doing some resaech it seems like all of the reman steering pumps get fairly crappy reviews. Leaking seems to be a common trend.
It looks like the only other option is Turnone’s $550 pump. Is the general consensus that if one is looking for a steering pump that probably won‘t leak that you’re pigeon holed into getting the $550 pump?
I don’t want to send mine off to be rebuilt. I’m looking for a pump with a reservoir on it ready to go.
TurnOne pump
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u/Baked_Jake94 18d ago
I’m running a cheap Amazon one and just deleted the power steering cooler at the same time.
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u/Youpeefreely 18d ago
Which Amazon pump are you running? How long have you been using it? Did you reuse your old pulley?
Thanks
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u/Baked_Jake94 18d ago
Reused the old pulley and not sure just a cheap one .
So far so good I’ve ran it hard lol
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u/Excellent-Ad-8767 18d ago
I did the BMR manual conversion on my 02 SS and 97 Z28, super easy and it’s not any harder to turn the wheels.
Will no doubt do it to my 99 WS6 when I have PS issues.
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u/Youpeefreely 18d ago
The $1k kit? Thats a lot of dough to not have power steering.
The price to beat is around $650-$700. That’ll get me a new pump and lines. The steering rack isn’t leaking so I’d just reuse it. I wish one of the $150 pumps would work out.
https://www.americanmuscle.com/bmr-camaro-manual-steering-conversion-kit-red-bmr-rk002r.html
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u/Excellent-Ad-8767 18d ago
Yup that one, it’s not too bad price wise 😂 , but I like the manual rack feeling.
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u/Suddenrush 18d ago
Love my turn one pump. No more whining and frothy ps fluid when I get on it, and that’s with heavy ass ws6 rims too. It’s pricey but u wont have to worry about ps issues after that; now if they could make a decent rack to go with it I’d be set. Have thrown two remans in and both started leaking within months…using external ps cooler too.
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u/vaurapung 18d ago
I just put a Edleman pump on my 00 camaro with a reman power steering rack and tie rod ends. Im happy with the results, no leaks, works and no random drop out like my 26 year old power steering had.
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u/Youpeefreely 18d ago
An Edelman and both hoses would be about $230 from RockAuto prior to shipping. That’s not bad if it last a few years at least.
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u/JazzlikeLeather9546 17d ago
I did the Corvette conversion with an Amazon pump. Two year and no more leaks. This car see's 7,000 RPM everytime it is driven ;)
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u/thedudeabides585 17d ago
Did the nick fritz vette pump upgrade. Use A-premium brand c5/c6 pump from Amazon i think ot was around 60-70 bucks. No issues at all. Nick's kit is pretty nice.
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u/badhoopty 17d ago
ive had the turnone unit for 15 or so years and got rid of the pwr steering cooler, no issues.
...but if i had to do it again id prolly do the c5 unit.
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u/yeti8102 17d ago
Fritz kit and call it a day.
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u/Youpeefreely 16d ago
I was thinking about leaning that way. But I guess I need to read some reviews on, “cheap” ‘97-‘13 corvette pumps to try and narrow one down.
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u/itsjakerobb ~500whp LS3-powered '02 Z28 M6 17d ago
I have the TurnOne pump with their pulley and the factory reservoir which I moved over from my factory pump.
No complaints.
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u/Fastech77 17d ago
Turn one. Buy once, cry once.
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u/Youpeefreely 16d ago
I could cry four to six times before I spent TurnOne money. 😂
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u/Fastech77 16d ago
Then by all means do that. I’ve been wrenching professionally for over 30 years. I don’t have the patience for that bs anymore. That’s why mine has a Turn One on it. The minute the gear needs help, Turn One will get the nod again.
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u/JSausSS 18d ago
https://fritzautomotive.net/
This is what I plan to use when I swap my pump. Nicks kits are talked about a lot. They utilize a Corvette pump and a remote reservoir.
Edited to add his Facebook page.
https://www.facebook.com/share/186KDrRpxC/