Pump clutch is stuck

[Bryce C]

 

[Bryce C]

The jackshaft seems to only have an up/down tilt range of adjustment via the wiggle room around the 4 bolts that mount the pillow blocks. And 1 tensioning adjustment bolt above the rear pillow block. That range of adjustment won't help the angle that my pressure pump pulley is skewed. Maybe I need to bore out the 4 open slots on the pressure pump mounting plate to allow it more left/right wiggle room to align it with the jackshaft pulley

 

[Bryce C]

 

[Bryce C]

To heck with that, I don't want to touch my jackshaft, the blower belt is lined up perfectly!

This has to be an adjustment on the pressure pump. But there simply isn't any more range of movement within the slots that surround the 4 bolts on the mounting plate. I suppose I could just remove the pump and file the mounting plate slots to be a little larger on the side that counts that would do it, but why wouldn't the factory mounting plate (with an identical spec pressure pump to the oem pump, I'm certain of it) already have the proper range of movement?

 

[Dwain Ray]

Getting the belt on and off isn't an issue. Aligning the pump and jackshaft pulleys is. This is as close as it can get in its range of movement. It is way off. The only way to adjust the pump is loosening the 4 bolts underneath it on its mounting plate, which allows it to slide forward and back and wiggle a little to the left and the right. Looking at the jackshaft it seems only the read near the blower is adjustable, and it is one range of movement: up and down.

Ok so now as long as you dontneed for the pulley to go closer to the pump , you should be able to pull the pulley out and lock it down with it's set screws wherever it needs to be on the pump shaft. Unless its at an odd ball angle( / ) then i don't know what to tell ya .a cds owner need to weigh in and give ya some advice

 

[Dwain Ray]

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By this picture. If thats the pump pulley (big closestin pic) than it needs to be moved out. Does your new pump have the same footprint as the old??