Pow! - Power Steering Pump Bracket Sheered Off - anyone have one?
File this under "You can't make this up"...
Last weekend, as we pulled the Wagoneer into the driveway, we heard the power steering pump squeal, and felt severe vibration. I raised the hood & saw the pump 'jumping' as the wheels were being turned. It was late & I was leaving the next morning on a business trip for the week, so we parked it til I could get a chance to look at it.
Today, I went to move it to under our carport - started it, and began backing up & turned the wheels to the right a quarter turn, and Pow! - total loss of power steering. Immediately stopped the engine & jumped out to raise the hood to find the power steering pump bracket had sheered off! It's now laying on top of the steering box. So far, i've not been able to find the belt.
I've now taken the record from my wife for least distance driven before a total crap-out... 3 feet. From other posts, you may remember my wife set the previous record back in August, as we were heading to the Jeep Invasion in Sevierville, TN. She made it 3 miles out of the driveway, before a power-steering hose O-ring blew out & stranded her. Unreal.
? - wondering if anyone in the East Tennessee area have a bracket they would be willing to sell to help get us back on the road?