John, if you find out I'd sure like to know! Perhaps adding a filter
to the return line after the rebuild would be a good idea, too!

Gary

> From:    John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
> Subject: Power Steering Pumps - Again!
>

> The parts that wear are the vanes - which wear against the stator, and
> the rotor, where the vanes wear in their respective slots on the rotor.
> Those three parts - stator, rotor, vanes - are really easy to replace.
> So, what is the deal with getting those parts. All of our regular list
> vendors carry the seal kit, ie, gaskets, o-rings, etc, but I have yet to
> see one carry the stator, rotor, and vanes. So why not? As common as
> these parts are on Vanagons, surely they are available somewhere to the
> public at large.