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74 350 ci power steering pump question
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Heel & Toe
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74 350 ci power steering pump question
i just finished rebuilding 350 4 bolt ( ipulled from 78 chevy truck).
and having trouble with aligning power steering pump wheel.
i had installed it on the same mount it came with. and for some reason the cap is right under alternator
maybe i set it up wrong.
i having trouble uploading picture to this forum to put it in more details.
maybe somebody have corvette service manual ( digital copy)
and having trouble with aligning power steering pump wheel.
i had installed it on the same mount it came with. and for some reason the cap is right under alternator
maybe i set it up wrong.
i having trouble uploading picture to this forum to put it in more details.
maybe somebody have corvette service manual ( digital copy)
Drifting
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From: The only Corvettes in Highett Victoria
Borgeson #800306
pavel,
I have had enough of my factory PS pump. I had to loosen the adjustment bolts, and move the pump towards the crankshaft in order to get the cap off every time I wanted to check the fluid.
A few months ago, I fitted a billet aluminum alternator bracket and I still had to grind a bit off the bottom of it in order to remove the PS cap, but it now makes that job easy. I bought it from Summit and you might want to look at that.
Recently, the pump started to squeal, and I'm sure that the belt is tight, but a few weekends ago, it spat most of the fluid out so I pulled it off.
I have a Borgeson #800306 pump, the GM "metric" pump that's fitted with AN ends and have been trial fitting it to a spare engine. I've been talking to Riggs74 on this Forum about his remote pump reservoir and like what he's done.
Sorry to veer from your question, but as mds said, this cap removal problem is normal.
Regards from Down Under.
aussiejohn
I have had enough of my factory PS pump. I had to loosen the adjustment bolts, and move the pump towards the crankshaft in order to get the cap off every time I wanted to check the fluid.
A few months ago, I fitted a billet aluminum alternator bracket and I still had to grind a bit off the bottom of it in order to remove the PS cap, but it now makes that job easy. I bought it from Summit and you might want to look at that.
Recently, the pump started to squeal, and I'm sure that the belt is tight, but a few weekends ago, it spat most of the fluid out so I pulled it off.
I have a Borgeson #800306 pump, the GM "metric" pump that's fitted with AN ends and have been trial fitting it to a spare engine. I've been talking to Riggs74 on this Forum about his remote pump reservoir and like what he's done.
Sorry to veer from your question, but as mds said, this cap removal problem is normal.
Regards from Down Under.
aussiejohn
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Heel & Toe
Joined: Dec 2011
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Well, the wheel is off. If you see three tracks on the bottom shaft wheel; and power steering pump wheel if you look right- it is between front and middle tracks. So the belt will rubb. I'm debating myself: if I done something wrong or to get spacers and longer bolts and to space it out!?
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