Power steering install issues - help please - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

C10Glenn · 02-04-2018, 09:17 AM

Hi all, we're now at the end of our P/S install, on load the whole reservoir is twisting causing the belt to slip and squeal.

Do we need a bar and bolts to bolt to the front and to the engine somewhere to stop it twisting and brace it properly or have we fitted it wrong ?

any help would be awesome as this is the last piece of the puzzle

Cheers

photos for reference

WP_20180203_12_30_51_Pro by C10 Glenn, on Flickr

WP_20180203_12_29_46_Pro by C10 Glenn, on Flickr

**The Rocknrod** · 02-04-2018, 09:50 AM

Looks like you have part of a power steering bracket there, you might be missing a piece. Maybe, I dont know, just me.

padresag · 02-04-2018, 01:43 PM

this what the orig. type mounting looks like

ron

**Captainfab** · 02-04-2018, 10:22 PM

Those brackets are for a small block with the short water pump. I believe the OP has a long pump.......it's a little hard to tell in the pics.

Quote:

Originally Posted by padresag

this what the orig. type mounting looks like

ron

C10Glenn · 02-04-2018, 04:00 PM

ok thanks chaps, its now obvious we're missing a vital part !!

**Captainfab** · 02-04-2018, 10:27 PM

It appears that you have the long water pump on your small block. With the long pump, the power steering pump mounts in part off of the boss on the lower drivers side of the ;pump. There are 2 or 3 different variations of the correct brackets. One of those is what The Rocknrod posted. Does that boss have threads or is it a smooth bore?

Quote:

Originally Posted by C10Glenn

Hi all, we're now at the end of our P/S install, on load the whole reservoir is twisting causing the belt to slip and squeal.

Do we need a bar and bolts to bolt to the front and to the engine somewhere to stop it twisting and brace it properly or have we fitted it wrong ?

any help would be awesome as this is the last piece of the puzzle

Cheers

photos for reference

WP_20180203_12_30_51_Pro by C10 Glenn, on Flickr

WP_20180203_12_29_46_Pro by C10 Glenn, on Flickr

andyh1956 · 02-04-2018, 10:47 PM

I only see one groove pulleys.
How are you driving your alternator???
Read this thread here, lots photos.
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...power+steering

padresag · 02-05-2018, 01:13 AM

that does look like the pump for the short water pump setup though does it not
ron

**Captainfab** · 02-06-2018, 01:52 AM

It is a little hard to tell in the pic but to me it looks like a butchered long water pump bracket.

Quote:

Originally Posted by padresag

that does look like the pump for the short water pump setup though does it not
ron

andyh1956 · 02-06-2018, 12:16 PM

Yeah that's a short pump, no boss for a long pump brkt to swing on. He has a FUBAR of parts & only one belt. It has to travel to the right side & hang the alt pulley over there.
I think we will have to source a complete system for him & send over there.
I spent two weeks in England & didn't see the 1st salvage yard. That's just plain Wrong!

02-04-2018, 09:17 AM	#1
C10Glenn Registered User Join Date: Jul 2017 Location: UK Posts: 16	Power steering install issues - help please Hi all, we're now at the end of our P/S install, on load the whole reservoir is twisting causing the belt to slip and squeal. Do we need a bar and bolts to bolt to the front and to the engine somewhere to stop it twisting and brace it properly or have we fitted it wrong ? any help would be awesome as this is the last piece of the puzzle Cheers photos for reference WP_20180203_12_30_51_Pro by C10 Glenn, on Flickr WP_20180203_12_29_46_Pro by C10 Glenn, on Flickr

02-04-2018, 09:50 AM	#2
The Rocknrod Moderator Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: China Spring, TX Posts: 7,280	Re: Power steering install issues - help please Looks like you have part of a power steering bracket there, you might be missing a piece. Maybe, I dont know, just me. __________________ Master Chief, US Navy, Retired 1964 C10 Step-side Short Bed - In Progress 2009 2500HD Duramax LTZ 1948 GMC Panel 1956 Big Window Stepside 1953 5 Window Chevy Stepside 1932 Coupe New Seat Foam for Bench Seats?

02-04-2018, 01:43 PM	#3
padresag Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Sidney,b.c. Posts: 4,425	Re: Power steering install issues - help please this what the orig. type mounting looks like ron

02-04-2018, 04:00 PM	#5
C10Glenn Registered User Join Date: Jul 2017 Location: UK Posts: 16	Re: Power steering install issues - help please ok thanks chaps, its now obvious we're missing a vital part !!

02-04-2018, 10:47 PM	#7
andyh1956 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: thomastown mississippi Posts: 1,261	Re: Power steering install issues - help please I only see one groove pulleys. How are you driving your alternator??? Read this thread here, lots photos. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...power+steering Last edited by andyh1956; 02-04-2018 at 10:53 PM.

02-05-2018, 01:13 AM	#8
padresag Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Sidney,b.c. Posts: 4,425	Re: Power steering install issues - help please that does look like the pump for the short water pump setup though does it not ron

02-06-2018, 12:16 PM	#10
andyh1956 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: thomastown mississippi Posts: 1,261	Re: Power steering install issues - help please Yeah that's a short pump, no boss for a long pump brkt to swing on. He has a FUBAR of parts & only one belt. It has to travel to the right side & hang the alt pulley over there. I think we will have to source a complete system for him & send over there. I spent two weeks in England & didn't see the 1st salvage yard. That's just plain Wrong!



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