so i drive a 2000 town and country limited and last week the power steering pulley decided to break on me, the threads on the inner ring of the pulley are stripped. i was wonder what would be the cheapest/fastest way to remedy the problem.

i was thinking about bypassing the pulley entirely, seeing as i only need it to run for another 2 and a half weeks before i go to basic. has anyone done this or is it an entirely bad idea or is there another quick fix?

 

well a new pulley is only 14ish$ from dorman part # 300-101 its pretty cheap, but i do know from what i've been told these things are very finicky

 

i forgot to mention that its a 3.8 side mounted v6, i dont know how easy/hard it would be to get down in there to get the pump or pulley off to begin with

 

its still the same pulley, how easily accessable it is i'm not sure, but if its on the side down @ the bottom maybe its something you can take the wheel off and get @ it really easy...i'm not sure

 

The power steering pulley in my 02 T&C Limited 3.8L failed. It is plastic with metal insert. Cost $300 w/ towing and shop had to drive 50 mi to the nearest dealer to get one. That was with me providing a replacement pump (warranty). Auto stores list the pulley, but always "not available".

Failure probably due to me having beat the old pulley off when I changed the pump 4 mos earlier. I even heated it w/ a torch (thought it was alum) until the surface blistered. It had surface cracks but I had to re-use since "not avail". I learned my lesson and bought a new pulley on ebay ($15) and keep in the back.