Can't tighten my Power steering belt anymore...

[jlagnese at massed.net (John Lagnese)]

I took off and ground the round edge of the eye bolt down flat to the eye.
That gave me enough to take up the slack.
John
----- Original Message -----
From: "A J" <asbfooh@yahoo.com>
To: <Scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2003 1:54 AM
Subject: Can't tighten my Power steering belt anymore...


> Thanks everybody for helping me with the clutch cable
> thing !! I'm gonna put an 8 valve cable in there
> (thanks T-Reed
> ) It sucks its snowing in other parts of the country ,
> only rain here (Nor-Cal), Went to the junk yard today
> and was checking out a new car in the lot , 8v in
> bronze with some so-so condition black leather seats ,
> are those seats worth anything ? But I've been
> fighting this power steering belt for so many months ,
> I cant get it any tighter , the bolt bent twice ,
> first I changed the belt to the smallest power
> steering belt available according to Peninsula VW here
> in town (good shop, they cater to older VWs mainley
> air cooled, cheaper than New Dimensions if you in the
> South SF Bay area) . I got the new belt on and it
> still is so loose , the bracket had been repaired by a
> previous owner so I changed it , it was still the same
> . So now it's raining and the power steering goes in
> and out . Would the pulley size have anything to do
> with it ? Thanks everyone - Aaron in San Jose Ca
>
> PS, great fix for drooping moulding trim and
> refastening body kit pieces - 3m Body Moulding tape
> available at body shops -
>
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