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Today I removed my power steering bracket to drill out a broken bolt.  I then found this:

 

 

 

The adjustment bolt sleeve snapped in half, probably a long time ago, from the bolt seizing, I've always been able to adjust the belt with the two bolts behind the ps pump.  I have not found any new replacement parts, doubt I ever will, and this being a Renix 4.0, my local junkyard probably doesn't have any.  Anyone know if the HO stuff would work?  There is a 95 XJ being parted out nearby.  I'll grab the block bracket and the adjustment bracket that sits behind the pulley holding the sleeve in.

 

If not, I'm going to try and weld the sleeve back together and hope the threads line up so I can remove the bolt or at least just shove it back in the way it was....

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Same sleeve and bracketry up to 96, in 97 they changed the pump mounting system.

 

Better yet, grab the pump and bracketry of a 97 and up and replace the older pump mounting junk. Much better system.

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The change over was in 96 ... And you'll need the matching intake as well because they changed the mounting bosses.

I have 96 pump/brackets on a 99 ZJ (00 XJ) intake, on a 92 head, on an 88 block.

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Ironically I also have the 88 PS pulley on that same 96 pump as I didn't like the looks of the pulley attached. Was pretty gnarled up, just need to drill the access holes the later pump pulleys had now, cause smart Ole me use Allen head bolts to mount the damn thing of course.

 

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The change over was in 96 ... And you'll need the matching intake as well because they changed the mounting bosses.

I have 96 pump/brackets on a 99 ZJ (00 XJ) intake, on a 92 head, on an 88 block.

Leg bone connects to the ...

 

oops - forgot about the 96 intake too. My bad. I went from 91 everything to the 00 intake so bypassed that.

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Looks like it will be okay welded.  The bolt threads through fine I just need a fresh one.  Someone tried to fix this in the past because some of the bracket bolts had anti-seize and the adjustment sleeve itself had JB weld :doh: .  I think my crummy welds will do fine.  Thanks for the offer Schardein, but save those for someone else in need.

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Looks like it will be okay welded.  The bolt threads through fine I just need a fresh one.  Someone tried to fix this in the past because some of the bracket bolts had anti-seize and the adjustment sleeve itself had JB weld :doh: .  I think my crummy welds will do fine.  Thanks for the offer Schardein, but save those for someone else in need.

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