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Hey All,
New to the forum and have a bit of an issue. My harmonic balancer (1984 M1009) was completely shot (evident by the shaking at idle) which I went ahead and replaced along with the crank front oil seal. As I was putting it all back together, I noticed some problems with my power steering mount--the far driver side bracket (adjustable) was snapped probably from previous owner over tightening. On top of that the back side stud was not attached to the mount leaving only the two passenger side bolts holding the pump on.
Well, I decided to put it all back together rigging up a new adjustable bracket and putting in a rear stud to see how the new harmonic balancer performed. Everything started up great, ran great, no shakes, just one problem...the power steering pulley is bent. I imagine this is due to the unattached mounts, bad balancer, and the fact that I got the truck with two belts instead of three. Probably a lot of undue stress and vibrations in the end.
So, my question: I have been looking everywhere for a proper two grooved (small in back and large in front) pulley but am having fairly little luck. I did find a replacement at rock auto, but wanted to know if anyone has ordered this part and if it is in fact the same pulley. If it's not, I would just have to play around with belt sizes, but we all know how much fun that is for a whole weekend. Also, wondering if anyone has a line on parts source for the power steering mount? I'd hate to put undue stress on a newly rebuilt pump and harmonic balancer.
My question is not really about getting parts, but if rock auto's actually fit in line with originals on the M1009 because they're just a mouse click away (not nearly as much fun as the junk yard). Thanks so much.
Doug J.
New to the forum and have a bit of an issue. My harmonic balancer (1984 M1009) was completely shot (evident by the shaking at idle) which I went ahead and replaced along with the crank front oil seal. As I was putting it all back together, I noticed some problems with my power steering mount--the far driver side bracket (adjustable) was snapped probably from previous owner over tightening. On top of that the back side stud was not attached to the mount leaving only the two passenger side bolts holding the pump on.
Well, I decided to put it all back together rigging up a new adjustable bracket and putting in a rear stud to see how the new harmonic balancer performed. Everything started up great, ran great, no shakes, just one problem...the power steering pulley is bent. I imagine this is due to the unattached mounts, bad balancer, and the fact that I got the truck with two belts instead of three. Probably a lot of undue stress and vibrations in the end.
So, my question: I have been looking everywhere for a proper two grooved (small in back and large in front) pulley but am having fairly little luck. I did find a replacement at rock auto, but wanted to know if anyone has ordered this part and if it is in fact the same pulley. If it's not, I would just have to play around with belt sizes, but we all know how much fun that is for a whole weekend. Also, wondering if anyone has a line on parts source for the power steering mount? I'd hate to put undue stress on a newly rebuilt pump and harmonic balancer.
My question is not really about getting parts, but if rock auto's actually fit in line with originals on the M1009 because they're just a mouse click away (not nearly as much fun as the junk yard). Thanks so much.
Doug J.