FX50 Power steering pump

[Denis McGuire]

The power steering on my 09 FX50 has been acting up lately. It started to groan a bit and sometimes the steering would be very stiff, especially in cold weather and at low rpms. Since I am basically a very frugal person, I refused to pay the outlandish prices at the dealer and balked at some of the aftermarket online prices. I decided to take a gamble and found one from China (aliexpress). It arrived in about 5 weeks and Installed it today. Here are a few pics of the new one side by side with the original. I had to swap over the low pressure pipe, the High pressure connector, and the pulley. Other than that it was a direct replacement. Less than $100 with no core charge.

 

[la_fx35]

Kinda odd that the position of the hose connections orientation is bit different from the OEM. Any issue with connecting the hose to the pump?

 

[Denis McGuire]

The pump will not fit into the mounting area with the pipes as they are. It was pretty simple swapping the old pie and high pressure connector to the new pump. Two bolts for the pipe and one nut for the high pressure connector. Both connected right up with no problems. I am going to send the pics to the seller so they can hopefully put the proper connectors on. The post is simply to show that there are options to keep parts prices fairly low for our cars. I also bought two MAF sensors from aliexpress last year. Both work perfectly and were only $18 each.

 

[la_fx35]

Thanks for sharing.