I'm trying to get it to fit and it will not fit on no matter what I do. This is a 1987/88 engine so it has a V-belt.

 

There are several bolts, a couple of nuts, and lots of brackets and adapters. Unfortunately, the photos I have do not clearly show the mounting without everything else that is in the way. There are two fasteners on the rear of the pump, and one on the outer (left) edge of the mounting bracket that can be difficult to see.

 

This might help:

 

That belt looks like its seen better days...

 

That belt has only about 5,000 miles on it. It is about ten years old, however. I think the lap on the outer cover is making it look worse than it really is.

 

Thanks. The problem I'm having is the bracket in the first picture is actually too large and hits the water pump. I have no idea how that happened though, I'm not even sure how I'm going to fix it.

 

Josh- please note in the first picture Vader posted the STUD that the top arm of the PS bracket mounts on. That stud serves 2 purposes:

1. Fulcrum point around which the whole thing rotates to tighten the belt.

2. It spaces the PS pump assembly out away from the head by the thickness of the hex head in the middle of the stud (about 1/4").

If you don't space the pump bracket out away from the head at that point by the right amount nothing else will line up right.

You can still buy that stud from GM, yank it from a junkyard car (the stud was used for many many years on lots of small blocks) or just stack up some washers to make up the distance and use a regular bolt.

 

I've got that stud, that's the funny part. I've got a mix of different water and power steering pumps from different 86/87s but they aren't coming together right. Grrrr.

 

2. It spaces the PS pump assembly out away from the head by the thickness of the hex head in the middle of the stud (about 1/4").

So this (pic) is basically a stud...similar to a manifold stud. Well if that is the case then that would explain a lot.

What about the circle in the pic, is that a stud or a bolt.

Sorry for bringing it up from the dead but after two days of searching I've found the answer......I think.