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Having a pulley alignment issue with the power steering pump, on a 1973 F350 that I bought, 390 engine with A/C. The issue, is the pump is not lining up. It was lined up perfectly when I removed everything to do a timing chain swap.My problem is, I cannot recall how everything bolted on, I took photos, but they did not save to the camera due to a memory card problem. All other pulleys are aligned perfectly, only problem is with the power steering pulley and pump bracket.See attached photo showing what the belt is doing. Would anyone have a good diagram showing how the bracket bolts up? Does the P/S bracket bolt to the head, then the A/C bracket? Right now I have the A/C bracket against the head, and the P/S bracket in front. Need a clear diagram or photos of some sort so I can get it back together right.
Before anyone asks, I can't look at my '73 F100's setup as all the A/C stuff was long gone before I got it
My truck doesn't have AC but I did snap a pic before I pulled everything apart a couple months back. I'll share below. I think your AC bracket is correct if you move it out any further it would cause belt misalignment.
I have the newer style pump on mine since it's a '79 but in comparison to yours, my pulley is much closer to the pump. The pulley on yours didn't get removed and installed backwards did it?
Seeing how the alternator and AC belts seem to be aligned properly, I don't see how else you'd get the belt to line up correct on the PS pump, unless there were extra spacers added between the bracket and engine that shouldn't be there and removing them would pull the whole PS pump/bracket assembly back towards the engine.
Maybe someone that has the older style PS pump can snap a pic from the side so we can compare spacing between the pulley and pump.
Having a pulley alignment issue with the power steering pump, on a 1973 F350 that I bought, 390 engine with A/C. The issue, is the pump is not lining up. It was lined up perfectly when I removed everything to do a timing chain swap.My problem is, I cannot recall how everything bolted on, I took photos, but they did not save to the camera due to a memory card problem. All other pulleys are aligned perfectly, only problem is with the power steering pulley and pump bracket.See attached photo showing what the belt is doing. Would anyone have a good diagram showing how the bracket bolts up? Does the P/S bracket bolt to the head, then the A/C bracket? Right now I have the A/C bracket against the head, and the P/S bracket in front. Need a clear diagram or photos of some sort so I can get it back together right.
Before anyone asks, I can't look at my '73 F100's setup as all the A/C stuff was long gone before I got it
If this is a picture of your power steering pump! You have the pulley on backwards. The nose on it should stick out. Check the other pics.
I thought that too, but the OP says everything lined up fine before he took it off. I'm not sure if it's backwards or just the wrong pulley, but if it lined up before it should again.
The pulley on my engine in the picture is correct for the stock TRW pump on an FE. it's clearly different than the OP's.
I thought that too, but the OP says everything lined up fine before he took it off. I'm not sure if it's backwards or just the wrong pulley, but if it lined up before it should again.
The pulley on my engine in the picture is correct for the stock TRW pump on an FE. it's clearly different than the OP's.
OP mentioning everything lined up before I've thought about too, that's why I am wondering if there extra spacers added between bracket and engine. My other thought was the p/s pump was swapped at some point, that pulley doesn't look right to me, but I do not see the groove that you use to remove the pulley so I don't think it is backwards. It's possible it has always been misaligned but it wasn't noticed until the recent closer scrutiny. The more I look at it I wonder if the pump and pulley came from a completely different application because it looked close enough when this truck needed a replacement in the past.
If it is the pully it's probably going to have to be cut off since the puller ring is nonexistent., usually a jaw puller ruins them.
Might be able to use a press, as much of a gap as it has with the pulley on there the way it is, I am thinking I could press on the shaft while supporting the pulley. Would probably still damage the pulley but I think there would be less risk than cutting the pulley off and damaging the shaft on the pump.
On the other hand, if I planned on replacing that pump anyway, I would remove it from the bracket as is and turn in as a core, if needed, and get a new or reman'd pump and new or take-off pulley.
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