Can someone with a 3.8 do me a favor?

[Guest]

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I installed my power steering pump and the belt rubs, oculd you go look and tell me what yours looks like maybe even take a pic if you can? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

[12secondv6]

Wish I could help you out...... but.... I don't have power steering :(

[Guest]

someone looked for me and told me he has about half an inch. I just dont see how this can happen. I didnt notice it before, and the pumps looked the same. Its only held on by 2 studs, no way to mess up there either. I have no clue how this is happening.

[98Camaro3.8]

On my car, the hose doesn't go that far onto that connector. If the hose were to be pushed all the way on, it would probably rub on the belt. The part that your hose connects to doesn't look like mine. Mine sticks out farther forward.

[Guest]

Ok they are different. This is really pissing me off.

[Guest]

Thanks, I pulled them off and am going give autozone an earfull tom.

[BLLDOGG]

Originally posted by 12secondv6:
Wish I could help you out...... but.... I don't have power steering :(

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[3.4 slow to go]

my hose is on there pretty good liek the pic, but still sits about 1/4" lower than the belt. Have you tried musceling the metal hose down just ever so slightly?

[97rs]

i know exactly what you're talking about, my pump is the same way. i looked at the old pump when i replaced it and found this problem, and i couldnt tell that they were different. i bought it off ebay though, so i cant take it back. it might rub just barely, but i've been using that pump for 6 months now.

[Fredless]

Why not just take the pump out and bend that metal fitting a bit with a rubber mallet and be done with it?

[97rs]

i would think it would be hard to bend that without breaking it.

[Guest]

ITs a pretty tough pipe, I didnt want to mess it up. Do you think its autozones pumps or just that one was a dud.

[ March 07, 2005, 02:57 AM: Message edited by: 2KThunder ]

[3.4 slow to go]

if it's an AZ pump, then it should have a warranty on it. Try bending it down just a little (I cain say this because it isn't my car ;) ) or maybe even go to AZ & ask to see other pumps.

[Guest]

Yeah I returned it, but they had to order it in from another store so chances are if I go get another one from a dif autozone its just going to be the same exact pump again :/

I put the old one back in and it whines like a beast.

[Fredless]

Thats why I suggested a rubber mallet...it won't ding it up to void warranty and it will bend it down easier than a hammer would.