I spent a ton of time searching and comparing different power steering brackets and looking at ideas for the LT platform. Newer cars with the Chevy LT engine have electric steering. This is great if you are putting the engine back into a Chevy, but we are making a Jevy, and this Jevy needs a power steering pump to drive the hydraulic cylinder assisted steering and steering gear. After looking at Google images and websites for days, I decided to just go ahead and buy the ICT Billet Alternator and Power Steering bracket for the Gen V L8* platform. The bracket requires the use of a power steering pump from a 2002ish Camaro. That pump is the same T&C style steering pump that is similar to the PSC pump for the JK. I went ahead and purchased the bracket set thinking that if it didn’t fit my pump at least I would have a good working template to CNC a one-off solution for my Jeep.
When the bracket arrived I immediately test fit the PSC pump and it was PERFECT! I pulled the alternator bracket off the engine and replaced it with the ICT Billet kit. I mounted the pump and realize the pump face location is designed for a very specific pulley with a backset that allows the belt to travel closer to the bracket. That pulley is not the correct size ratio for my setup and I needed a custom pulley that had a zero offset. The solution was to toss the pump spacers that came with the kit and make new spacers that would move the pump further back into the bracket center and allow the serpentine belt to properly align and travel without bind. After taking several measurements, I cut off some spacers from some purchased aluminum tubing. With the new spacers in place, the pulley is going to work and the power steering issues have been solved.
