I put a new head on 9 months ago. Lots of education for me... Got everything bolted back up mostly okay, but (at least) one problem remains with the power steering pump alignment. I am eating up belts. Checking with a straightedge shows that the ps pump pulley is about 3/16" aft from where it should be, maybe at a bit of an angle. The pulley is on the shaft about right (flush at the end). The bracket that the pump is on gets bolted directly to the block and the head with no adjustment. I don't see any way to adjust this. Is there an adjustment I am missing? Should I pull the pulley forward on the shaft 3/16" - that seems less than ideal?

The harmonic balancer seems pretty well aligned with the smog pump and alternator. Did the shop I gave the bracket to to steam clean warp it? Anyone encounter this before?

 

How could we even guess without any pics? Did you take pics BEFORE disassembling the engine? Either way; post several of what it looks like now.

Was the PS pulley ever removed from the pump?

 

Update: I was wrong.

I went back to get better measurements and decided that the power steering pump bracket was okay, and that the bracket holding the alternator/air pump was the problem. I removed the alternator (easy), loosened one bolt holding the air pump and removed one bolt holding the air pump. All the bolts/nuts holding the bracket were then accessible. Loosening the bracket bolts and adjusting the bracket around with the aid of a straightedge on the air pump pulley to reference the harmonic balancer did the trick.

It started up with no squeals, and ran with no jumping or other problems. Ran the truck about 20 miles through different speeds and conditions. Seems fine now.