Symptom: Smell of Burning Rubber and a horrendous Squealing noise, stiff steering....

Cause: The bearing in the Steering Pump belt Tensioning Pulley had completely disintegated; seizing the pulley in place.

Question: anyone got a spare pulley/bearing I could aquire, or know of a good source of such? Local Scrap Dealers came up blank.

- (#13075) dave townsend, 28 Aug 04 13:04

Dave, the power steering pump doesn't have an idler...

Hold on a mo... thinking...

Is yours a petrol engine?

Ah-ha. Y- series engine has an idler. 44350-28011

Used in all Y-series townie/ liteace/ spacecruiser derivatives, and also in certain Hiace and Hilux models. That might broaden your search a bit. You might also be able to press the unit apart and repace the bearing. Depends whether the pulley is riveted around the bearing, or just pressed onto it...

- (#13075) David Miller, 28 Aug 04 13:19

Yep Petrol it is

Definitely has an idler/tensioner, at least thats what I removed earlier :oD

thanks for the advice will broaden my options a bit for replacements.

Managed to bodge a repair and pack it with Copper grease, but shouldn't think it'll last more than 20-30 miles. very noisy too .

- (#13075) dave townsend, 28 Aug 04 13:26

dave. i see, on ebay, that there is an efi, 4 x 4 being broken for spares. location is slough and it is under item number: 2488180591.

- (#13075) John Davis (Leics), 28 Aug 04 14:57