[Vwdiesel] another possibility instead of going to power steering

[dieseltdi@verizon.net]

I was looking  through the repair manual today and noticed that the  
early A1 power steering pumps did not have an adjustable mount to  
adjust belt tension.  Instead they had a  two part pulley like the  
generator pulley on the old Beetles.  Shims were added between the  
halves of the pulley to lessen tension and shims were removed from  
between the pulley halves to increase belt tension.  Any chance one  
of you good folks out there has one of these special pulleys?  Since  
they have the same bolt pattern as the water pump, It should be an  
easy swap.  As before, I would request that someone forward this to  
the VWpickup list as Verizon doesn't want me to receive posts from  
that server anymore.  thanks, Hayden



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