The power steering pump on my Duster sits too far foward so the A/C belt rubs against the housing. Is there anyway to slide it back some?

Also, the pulley bearing in my A/C compressor (V2) and been rumbling lately, so is there anyway I can like shoot some oil or something into it to quiet it down a little bit? How hard is the bearing to change?

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02 Dakota-3.9/5 speed
87 GMC C7000-8.2 Detroit Diesel/5+2

Shouldn't have to; I can't imagine any way that correctly-routed A/C belts could possibly rub against any part of the P/S pump, unless the P/S pump's bracketry is seriously tweaked and/or the wrong pump was installed.
No, if it's making noise it needs to be replaced. They're not difficult to do. Remove the clutch/pulley assembly, remove the snap ring holding in the bearing, replace the bearing.

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Too many people who were born on third base actually believe they've hit a triple.

Well, its rubbing against it, so how do I tell if the brackets are off.

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02 Dakota-3.9/5 speed
87 GMC C7000-8.2 Detroit Diesel/5+2

Can you show us some pictures?

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Too many people who were born on third base actually believe they've hit a triple.

I've got a digital camera but I have no idea how to get my pictures on the internet. Not very techologically inclined. Could you please post easy to understand instructions. I would like to show y'all some pictures of my car.

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02 Dakota-3.9/5 speed
87 GMC C7000-8.2 Detroit Diesel/5+2

Can you email me the pictures? I'll host them for you.

Just send them as attachments to ross.pulliam@gmail.com and they'll be put up .

How do I get an Hotmail account? I closed my old one due to spam.

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02 Dakota-3.9/5 speed
87 GMC C7000-8.2 Detroit Diesel/5+2

I got the picture of the red duster, but we are actually needing pictures of the PS pump and brackets under the hood to describe what you are talking about with the clearance issue. Shoot me those pics as well and I'll get them all posted for you.

Hey Ross, thanks, but I just figured out how to post pictures using Image shack. So you can delete the picture of my Duster that I sent you. I will take some pictures of the power steering pump sometime this week and post them.

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02 Dakota-3.9/5 speed
87 GMC C7000-8.2 Detroit Diesel/5+2

Awesome...will do! It's not so hard after all is it?

Okay guys I took a few pictures of the pump today

Here is looking down on top of the pump. The belt has an index cards clearance between it and the pump body.

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Another picture looking down.

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This picture is at a slight angle

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Picture of the back of the pump

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82 D150-225/727
02 Dakota-3.9/5 speed
87 GMC C7000-8.2 Detroit Diesel/5+2

H'mm...belt routing and spacing look normal to me. Where's the belt hitting? And is it rubbing constantly, or in a hit-hit-hit-hit fashion that might indicate a bent A/C idler?

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Too many people who were born on third base actually believe they've hit a triple.

I thought it was supposed to have more clearance than that. You can barely slide an index card in between the belt and the pump.

It is a that same clearance all the time. No on and off.

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82 D150-225/727
02 Dakota-3.9/5 speed
87 GMC C7000-8.2 Detroit Diesel/5+2

Looks just like mine! Where's it actually hitting at?