Having a hell of a time installing my new power steering pump. I took my bracket and ps pump out. Now in trying to install them back in I've come short in two of the options:
1. Install bracket first - no problem but that one damn bolt is just a few mm protruding bc the clearance from the manifold is too tight. I ran into this when trying to remove the ps pump by itself which is why I took the bracket and pump off together.
2. Install with ps pump attached to bracket - I can hang the bracket on the mounting bolt on the front of the block with no problem but I can't thread any of the three bracket bolts to the side of the block. I'm going in blind and trying to thread the bolt in by feel and have limited space trying to fit my hand between the bottom of the ps pump and the top of the smog pump
I've read that some people shave the head of the bolt a tad so it won't protrude into the bracket so you can slide the ps pump in. I'm thinking 2-3mm. I'm thinking that's my only option at this point. Going to give this another go tomorrow morning but is there any other option to install this ps pump and bracket back in?
Any suggestion is appreciated.
85 FJ60 2F - OEM ps pump
Thanks.
1. Install bracket first - no problem but that one damn bolt is just a few mm protruding bc the clearance from the manifold is too tight. I ran into this when trying to remove the ps pump by itself which is why I took the bracket and pump off together.
2. Install with ps pump attached to bracket - I can hang the bracket on the mounting bolt on the front of the block with no problem but I can't thread any of the three bracket bolts to the side of the block. I'm going in blind and trying to thread the bolt in by feel and have limited space trying to fit my hand between the bottom of the ps pump and the top of the smog pump
I've read that some people shave the head of the bolt a tad so it won't protrude into the bracket so you can slide the ps pump in. I'm thinking 2-3mm. I'm thinking that's my only option at this point. Going to give this another go tomorrow morning but is there any other option to install this ps pump and bracket back in?
Any suggestion is appreciated.
85 FJ60 2F - OEM ps pump
Thanks.