Thread: Steering pump belt adjust 1988 560sl
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Old 01-19-2014, 01:43 PM
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Originally Posted by joselu43 View Post
I have read a number of post and it is mentioned that it is done through a "long bolt" and that the adjustment is "tricky and not intuitive". I have removed the belts (loosening 3 nuts) and installed the new ones, but I cannot find the tensioning bolt. Can anybody help? Again, this is an 88 560SL.
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jl
The "tensioning bolt" has gear teeth on the head seen from behind the pump. If you loosened 3 bolts that's gotta be one of them.
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