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Old Aug 7, 2023 | 11:13 AM
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I am finally driving my ls swapped 65 nova and it has been great. The engine is a 2006 L33 and I am using factory truck accessories. The engine did not come with all accessories so I bought some of them used(including the ps pump and bracket) from a salvage yard.

I have noticed some squeaking and the serpentine belt is a little chewed up on the front edge. I put a straightedge against the pulleys and the alternator and crank pulley are spot on. The ps pump looks to be out too far by almost 1/4". Am I correct in assuming this may be causing the squeaking/belt issues?

I can get a tool to press in the pulley more but I just figured I would check here first. For those of you running gen 3 truck accessories, what is your measurement between the pulley and the bracket so I can compare to mine.

Thanks in advance for any help or advice!

Here are some pics:

https://imgur.com/a/AJpwpGK
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Old Aug 7, 2023 | 11:47 AM
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If it appears that it's 1/4" off, and there's room to move the pulley to fix it, I would not hesitate to do so.
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Old Aug 7, 2023 | 02:11 PM
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Either the alternator needs some washers to move it out or the PS pump pulley isn't pressed on all the way. Hard to say what exactly is wrong from the pics.
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