misaligned power steering pump

[Alaskan]

Wow, it's been more than a year since I last came to this message board, where has the time gone. I see Josh has been busy upgradeing the board and I'm sure many of you all have been just as busy.

Anyhow, I was hopeing someone could answer this question.

In the attached pic (that I nabed from tx firefighter and modified) I circled a bolt hole in green, the hole is threaded 5/16 I beleave, and the yellow arrows point to the only two places that the power steering pump is attached to the bracket. Shouldnt it be attached at the green hole as well, or am I missing something else?.

When I look at the alignment of the pulleys they are not straight like this "--"
they are more like this "-\" and when I push down on the belt with my hand it gets even worse. In the pic you will notice the shorter arrow points to a non adjustable mounting hole, when I push on the belt that section of the bracket flexes forward and increases the misalignment.

The power steering pump is located on the drivers side under the alternator on a seperate belt.

71 c20 350 auto non ac

[JimKshortstep4x4]

You definately need a mounting bolt in the location that you pointed out. It should be a 3/8-16 x 1-1/4" bolt.

Jim

[Alaskan]

Thanks Jim, you was absolutely correct with size of the bolt I needed. I guess the bolt threads I was seeing must have been from the bolt that was rubing againts the inside of the bracket before it fell out. Also found another bolt missing on the back side of the bracket (about where the "p" in points word is in the pic), I used a 3/8-16 x 3/4 bolt back there. It's straight and solid now. I also put new belts on when I had apart.