Black Magic Steering - reply

[John Hertog <crossram@xxxx>]

Hi Larry,

Yes ! Machiavellianistic is one good way to describe this Fahrfegnugenly
stupid p/s system - only takes second place to the Center-Plane brakes ! I
also have seen some verrry interesting "solutions", from various sizes,
shapes and forms of pieces of wood wedged in there, to metal weldings of one
type or another, even once a Coke can crushed into place.

The (non-authentic) solution is actually quite simple - throw the damn thing
away and replace it with a SOLID p/s pump mount, such as what should be
installed on your 300F . These p/s pump mounts are either available in
junkyards or from, going by memory, brand-new repro's made by Hoffman's .

Once solid mount is installed - no more problems, no more cockeyed pump
assemblies and sideways belts, no more funny noises.

John Hertog
Sag Rainy Harbor NY


----- Original Message -----
From: <Redwoodlse@xxxx>
To: <chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 5:33 PM
Subject: [Chrysler300] Black Magic on the Steering Committee


The shop manual is totally useless in describing how to take the slack out
of
the power steering pump belts on 60 and newer Mopars. Mr. Merritt sells a
"tool" for the adjustment of this Machiavellianistic device but includes
zero
instruction manual, assuming that we all know how to procede. We Dont! I
have
taken apart 6 of these and all of them are missing what must have been
included as OEM, some sort of rubber gadget to stuff in the valley between
the
attaching bracket and the pump itself. If, indeed, there is a rubber spacer
needed
other than the hunk of radiator hose I have always defaulted to, shouldn't
Goers or the Club make new ones? Every single pump I have ever seen has
nothing
down in the Valley of Old Grease except what somebody has juryrigged as a
field expediant over the years. Now I know this subject has been broached
before
but I suspect the Elders that have arisen as teachers haven't really got the
message across and some of the "we", the students, haven't had the courage
to
say.....I don't get it. Well, I am admitting it......I don't get it. Maybe
this is like the child that finally said....The Emperor has no clothes!!
Could
someone construct a "how-to" article for the Club News perhaps? Andy always
needs something and this would be usefull for all the years left on these
great
autos of ours. It is possible that this has been done in the early years of
the Club. Anybody archieve an explanation and care to share in what News it
may have been?

Larry W Jett
950 Woodside Road Suite 4
Redwood City CA 94061
650 368 3966


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