[flash]

Design 1 Racing announces the release of its Power Steering Tensioner.

Many cars have had failure of the Power Steering Pump Tensioner due to improper tensioning of the belt or alignment of the Pump. The Pump still works fine, but the Tensioner is broken.

This new kit resolves that.

This kit replaces the OEM Tensioner with a new easy to adjust Tensioner, complete with Chrome Steel Spherical Bearing ends that ensure proper alignment, unlike the factory Tensioner, which is prone to breaking.

The kit uses the OEM belt, comes complete with instructions, and installs in minutes with basic tools. Just some simple swapping of parts, and you’re good to go!

$49.95
Contact Pete at RS Barn to order

   

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[94SilverCab]

Once again, I'm always happy to spend $50 to save $1,000......

Thanks Flash!

Jay

Still have one more project near and dear to my heart, and you know what it is...

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[flash]

this is more of a problem than it seems

what happens here is that the bracket on which the power steering pump is mounted, bends - then the belt gets loose - then people tighten up the belt - then the bracket bends more - eventually the fixed ends of the OEM tensioner give up, as they can no longer handle the stress, and they snap - we've seen more than our share of this, and even seen posts of people having to use a wrench at the track to act as a substitute and replace the broken tensioner so they can limp

the heim joints alleviate the stress, and allow for the misalignment that happens when the bracket bends - you still need to straighten that puppy out so the belt runs right, but at least this way, the adjuster won't break and leave you stranded

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[RS Barn]

I fixed two at track with 10mm combination wrench

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[rxter]

Is this showing up mostly on tracked or autocrossed cars?

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[RS Barn]

When the belt stretches and adjustments are made, stock pieces fail also.
BTW, new OE pieces break really quickly. I think they have a new supplier

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[firefish]

When do we see a kit with both tensioners?

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[jfrahm]

My impression of the problem with the stock pieces is that people do not adjust them properly. With the stock piece, one must loosen the pivot bolts, the locknuts on the strut, and the bolts at the end of the strut before adjusting and then tighten everything back up. If you just adjust the strut you can bend or break lots of expensive stuff. The strut is a little jack and can put thousands of PSI on the other points, breaking off the ears or bending or breaking the strut ends quite easily while the person doing the adjusting just puts finger pressure on the wrench.

This piece looks like a great upgrade but I suppose one must still loosen and retighten the pivots at the apex, if left loose that hardware can eventually fall off and the ancillary soon after. The heim joints on this new part will improve the fit over stock, and I suppose one might leave the end bolts tight. That is nice.

-Joel.

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[flash]

lol - i doubt there will be a kit with both tensioners - the supercharger comes with the AC tensioner (though slightly different) which is what put this in motion - i don't know if pete will offer a "discount" if you buy both, but he would be the one to talk to about that - i leave pricing pretty much up to him

jfrahm - your assessment is essentially correct - however, another problem with the OEM design is that the amount of tension often applied to the belt exceeds the ability of the bracket to stay straight - once that goes, you're done

and yes, you still have to loosen the pivot bolt, but the end bolts can stay tight

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[Johannvb]

I just wish shipping from the US wasn't so expensive [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/angry.gif[/img]

At this point I am seriously considering flying out to PA just so that I can take the stuff home with me on the flight. I want to get a Exhaust header, Sport cat, head, headgasket, braces, these adjusters etc.

By the time this gets shipped and the import duty gets added I think I will be better of with a return ticket.

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[94SilverCab]

Beer's on me... [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img]

Jay

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[TonD]

Johann, I assume you are using your own A380 to have room for all those parts and find a way around customs? [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif[/img]

BTW, the part surely looks fascinating. If only I got a clue as to its function. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif[/img]

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