[MBZ] Tightness on a Power Steering Belt

2008-11-30 Thread Robert Rentfro
As I wait for my power steering pump to arrive, I noticed the belt is wicked loose. The belt is squealing badly at low rpm. People stare..I wave. The pump itself isn't loose but for as loose as the belt is the pump must have moved some. How do I adjust the position of the pump to tighten the

Re: [MBZ] Tightness on a Power Steering Belt

2008-11-30 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
loosen the 3 mounting nuts/bolts, then tighten the adjusting bolt on the top. Robert Rentfro wrote: As I wait for my power steering pump to arrive, I noticed the belt is wicked loose. The belt is squealing badly at low rpm. People stare..I wave. The pump itself isn't loose but for as loose as

Re: [MBZ] Tightness on a Power Steering Belt

2008-11-30 Thread Craig McCluskey
On Sun, 30 Nov 2008 08:16:47 -0700 Robert Rentfro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As I wait for my power steering pump to arrive, I noticed the belt is wicked loose. The belt is squealing badly at low rpm. People stare..I wave. The pump itself isn't loose but for as loose as the belt is the pump

Re: [MBZ] Tightness on a Power Steering Belt

2008-11-30 Thread Robert Rentfro
idea on what size the missing bolt is? Bob R '77 300D -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kaleb C. Striplin Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 8:36 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Tightness on a Power Steering Belt loosen

Re: [MBZ] Tightness on a Power Steering Belt

2008-11-30 Thread Robert Rentfro
Sorry...'77 300D -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Craig McCluskey Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 8:45 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Tightness on a Power Steering Belt On Sun, 30 Nov 2008 08:16:47 -0700 Robert Rentfro

Re: [MBZ] Tightness on a Power Steering Belt

2008-11-30 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kaleb C. Striplin Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 8:36 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Tightness on a Power Steering Belt loosen the 3 mounting nuts/bolts, then tighten the adjusting bolt on the top. Robert Rentfro wrote: As I wait for my power steering

Re: [MBZ] Tightness on a Power Steering Belt

2008-11-30 Thread Rich Thomas
The adjusting thingie inside the pump is a piece of plastic, probably long since disintegrated, which means you will have to revert to prying it tight, which is not easy to do as there are no good places to pry from and to. I think I finally put a piece of wood somewhere and took a small pry

Re: [MBZ] Tightness on a Power Steering Belt

2008-11-30 Thread Robert Rentfro
That's exactly what I'm seeing. Nowif my PS pump would ever arrive Bob R -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rich Thomas Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 10:01 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Tightness on a Power

Re: [MBZ] Tightness on a Power Steering Belt

2008-11-30 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Tightness on a Power Steering Belt The adjusting thingie inside the pump is a piece of plastic, probably long since disintegrated, which means you will have to revert to prying it tight, which is not easy to do as there are no good places to pry

Re: [MBZ] Tightness on a Power Steering Belt

2008-11-30 Thread Robert Rentfro
: Re: [MBZ] Tightness on a Power Steering Belt I figured it would have been there before t-day Robert Rentfro wrote: That's exactly what I'm seeing. Nowif my PS pump would ever arrive Bob R -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf

Re: [MBZ] Tightness on a Power Steering Belt

2008-11-30 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
how the heck could it have been damaged before it really even got anywhere. Maybe the fedex guy ran over it. Robert Rentfro wrote: http://tinyurl.com/6yxn54 It says something about it being damaged. It looks like it languishing in TX. Bob R -- Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK 92 300SD,

Re: [MBZ] Tightness on a Power Steering Belt

2008-11-30 Thread Craig McCluskey
On Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:55:56 -0600 Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: how the heck could it have been damaged before it really even got anywhere. Maybe the fedex guy ran over it. When we moved here from Austin, TX, we sent ourselves several boxes via FedEx. One of them was damaged in

Re: [MBZ] Tightness on a Power Steering Belt

2008-11-30 Thread Loren Faeth
I love fedex. I sent a box of bread for lab testing from the Big Island to Honolulu. Simple eh? They do it all the time. After a week without hearing the results, I called the lab and asked about my results. Nothing, they never got the delivery! About 2 months later I got a call from