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Hey guys,,I got a 1992 3.1 v6 auto..well a while back I kept hearing a rattling near my a/c and then I thought my p/s pump bearings were goin..what i found was a bracket hanging off a stud closest to the water pump.The stud looked like it was comin off the back of the power steering pump,basically just hanging there so i took it off,,was this a bad thing or do i need to hook it up..pics would be great!!!,,thanx!!...oh btw..its a serpentine belt setup
Let's just say that they hold the reservoir to the pump body... If you pull even one of them out, your pump won't be able to hold any PS fluid...
__________________ Dan V.
Project Raven is on hold... She's a body shell with a rather large collection of parts. 1987 Pontiac Firebird, T-top, 1991 VIN T engine, getting MegaSquirted. 85 T-5 5-Speed manual trans. Hybrid 3100 V6 swap nearly complete, too much body work to do first . Restomod in progress. So many parts to replace, so little money .
The lower "bolt" on the number 2 cylinder is supposed to be a stud. That would be why yours was rattling like it was. You could just tighten the nuts on the back of the pump to stop the rattling, but it seems like you want it gone, and I don't blame you.
__________________ Dan V.
Project Raven is on hold... She's a body shell with a rather large collection of parts. 1987 Pontiac Firebird, T-top, 1991 VIN T engine, getting MegaSquirted. 85 T-5 5-Speed manual trans. Hybrid 3100 V6 swap nearly complete, too much body work to do first . Restomod in progress. So many parts to replace, so little money .
i know right..i looked at my brothers 91 and i dont have a stud there,,someone broke it off..as long as it (the stud) doesnt affect my exhaust i will be happy,just one less thing to pull when i need to work on it
It won't affect the manifold as long as the hex part of the bolt is still there. if that's gone as well, you could have problems with leaks, just like my #5 cylinder, which has the top bolt broken off inside the head...
__________________ Dan V.
Project Raven is on hold... She's a body shell with a rather large collection of parts. 1987 Pontiac Firebird, T-top, 1991 VIN T engine, getting MegaSquirted. 85 T-5 5-Speed manual trans. Hybrid 3100 V6 swap nearly complete, too much body work to do first . Restomod in progress. So many parts to replace, so little money .
My #5 doesn't seal with only one bolt in it... You might be in worse shape. Try to get the others out when the engine is warm or hot and then get those studs out at the same time. Replace the whole mess with M8x1.75 (IIRC) by 1.5" and however long the long ones are (same threads, obviously). And no, threadlocker doesn't work. I used red on my pass side manifold bolts (ALL of them) and I just retightened all of them except the lonely bolt in cyl #5.
:edit: I keep hoping that, one of these days, Loctite or someone will come up with some sealer and threadlocking compound that is good above 800*F. Maybe then I won't have any leaks and the bolts won't come out any more.
__________________ Dan V.
Project Raven is on hold... She's a body shell with a rather large collection of parts. 1987 Pontiac Firebird, T-top, 1991 VIN T engine, getting MegaSquirted. 85 T-5 5-Speed manual trans. Hybrid 3100 V6 swap nearly complete, too much body work to do first . Restomod in progress. So many parts to replace, so little money .
well it never sounded loud like a leak was there so i never bothered with it..i wonder if liquid steel would work?..if it did it would be like its permanent
