Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

Very nice looking work. Your idea sounds good to me since they are run with a single belt in a serpentine system.

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

That bracket turned out great! I bet you'll be just fine running a single belt for the whole system and it looks like you've got room to mount a simple idler/tensioner pulley later if needed.

Keep it up! :metal:

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

Great job man! :metal:

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

Excellent work on your bracket! Well done!

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

Nice job on the bracket. Looks very professional.

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

Thanks rian, metalwork is just one of those things that I have such pride in doing.

Thanks bill, my thoughts exactly.
Thanks Scott, that is exactly what I thought, I don't think I'll need the idler pulley but I can always add it if I have to.

Thanks tj
Thanks Doug
Thanks Dale, but I'm far from professional, I just really took my time and put lots of effort into this piece.

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

Today I worked on making the adjustment arm. I welded these two together.

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

And smoothed it out

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

Then bent this little jog into the piece so it lines up correctly, then drilled a hole through both pieces and put a bolt through.

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

Here it is all together

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

Here is the pump adjusted all the way in.

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

And here it is adjusted all the way out. Power steering pump Bracket is now completely finished.

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

Bracket and arm looks good!!

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

Thanks!



Today I got both the coil springs installed and then torqued the lower ball joints to spec.

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

I was then able to put the wheels on and put the truck back on the ground for the first time in months.

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

And since I was already outside I just decided to drill out the plastic pins and separate the collapsable steering shaft.

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

Bracket turned out great. :chevy:

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

Nice job! I might have to get you to make me one for my truck!

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

:metal:

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

Thanks Tj:metal:
Thanks John, I'm actually making another one for Steve Hawkins on the Facebook group, so if you're interested we can talk about it.

Thanks bill:metal:

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

Well about a week ago the temperature dropped and now we're down to -10 celcius with almost one foot of snow on the ground, but I've still been making progress

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

I started with working on getting the framerail near the steering box welded back in place, so first I tacked it up

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

Then I fully welded it up and ground it down smooth with a flap disk, it actually looks much nicer than the factory weld seam which can be seen to the far left

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

I also went to the hardware store and picked up some bolts that are the correct length, the steering box then got bolted in place for the second last time

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

I then cut the pre-existing solid shaft to the correct length