2004 525i Power Steering pump noise.
 

Hi, my power steering pump is making a a very noisy drone noise I thinks it's shot cuz I remove the serpentine belt to check the pulleys AND EVERYTHING and the problem was that the PS shaft had a lot of play and is noisy when u spin it,I was looking online but they are very expensive around 600 new, anyone know other good options or places where to get the pump at a good price.

Is it the pump or the pulley?

Like i said the PS pump shaft had a lot of play and it's noisy,I think I need to replace the whole pump.

Since a new one cost around $1200 and you found it for around $600 then that is cheap. I would grab it before someone else does. The only other solution is grabbing a used one from the junk yard. Maybe this one is more in your price range. Or if you are mechanically inclined get one from Cardone. The only thing with that is you will have to put it together.

That's a very expensive ps pump, but not mine, my car is a 2004 bmw 525i M54, W/O active W/O dinamic drive PS pump.

Reply well since you say that you can get them real cheap on eBay. I think you didn't mention that in the beginning

Well my mistake for not put info about my car. I just decided on get one used with low miles in ebay. I was looking for suggestions from ppl with the same problem on this car. But this nor working Thanks for your help Mr.Jordan