pulley problem
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pulley problem
I had to space out my power steering pulley a 1/2in to line up with the engines pulleys when I got my new motor. the problem is not my alternator belt rubs against the bracket. does anyone have any ideas on how to fix this? THese things are really pissing me off
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I had to space out the power steering bracket a 1/2 inch in order to line it up with the pulley that comes off of the harmonic balancer. when I tried to put the belt onto the alternator I noticed it rubs against the bracket for the power steering steering pump. I cant figure out how to get the power steering pump to line up and not have the alternator belt rub against it. it sticks out too far. Does that make sense? I can take pictures in the morning but its too dark out right now.
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From: Doha
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If you have to move it that far (1/2 in. is too much), then you must be using either the wrong bracket or the wrong pulleys, to get a better help you have to give some more info. about your car (year, engine, options .. etc).
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its a 1978 still has the 350. they are the same brackets I took off of the car but a different block. it has a/c, water pump and alternator pulleys only no smog. I will get some pictures this morning
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Dumb question but..... are you sure the harmonic balancer in on the shaft all the way? I just installed a new crate motor and I thought I had the balancer installed al the way. I also had a alignment problem and a friend found that the balancer was not all the way back.
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I only have the one I pulled off. So there is no chance I mixed them up. I didnt see if it lined up when I pulled it off though, I was pulling the engine so I didn't think to check. The brackets for the power steering pump can only go on one way, they are pretty dummy proof. Even I couldn't mess that up. I looked at zips website and it says the 75 to 82 use the concave one. I will put it on without it spaced out and take a picture so you can see it that way too.
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Just checked my pulley and its almost flat too. My pulley almost hits the frame by 1/4-1/2 inch by the indent in the frame for clearance. I had to get pulleys and brackets for a 74 vette I converted to a big block chevy. I got almost every bit from DrRebuild. His catalog has detailed picksof every year but he has a very small web site.
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First thing. The alt. belt is hitting the bolt heads due to the nuts behind the front PS pump mount. That mount fits up against the rear PS pump mount that has the motor mount bolt through it. You know this I am guessing and the nuts are your 1/2 spacers. Correct? mike...
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The gap between the front of the timing chain cover and the back of the harmonic balancer is a little less than 3/8in. The pulley stack is 1 5/16 in. from the front of the balancer to the front edge of the PS pulley. Does this match yours? mike...
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OK. Something is going on with the balancer and pulleys on the crank. Give us the distance from the front of the timing cover to the front edge of the front pulley. My '77 is 4in. exactly. mike...
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Looks like the water pump pullies are lined up with the crank pullies. It appears the PS pump is in crooked. I'll measure the distance from my PS pully to the pump in a few minutes.
My PS pump is different than yours, but the distance from the pully to the block (just above the ps pump bracket) is a tad under 3 3/4 inches
My PS pump is different than yours, but the distance from the pully to the block (just above the ps pump bracket) is a tad under 3 3/4 inches
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MIke I checked all of the measurements you put in this thread. They are all dead on with what I have on my balancer pulleys. I am guessing the problem lies with the power steering pump. Is there a possibility that this is not the correct pump for my far and I need a flat pulley? THe balancer pulleys line up with everything else, the water pump, the a/c and the alternator. the only one that does not line up is the power steering.