I just did this on my 1993 Volvo 240 wagon. The belt runs from the AC compressor to the Power Steering pump and there is a mounting bracket on the left side with a bolt that can slide up and down to get the correct tension.
Now, in my case, even if I had the bolt all the way at the top of the bracket, the belt was still not tight enough. For a more macro adjustment, the bracket can be moved between two bushing holes. I moved my bracket from the bottom hole to the top hole (bushing came out easily with some wiggling) and that gave me plenty of room to adjust the bolt in the bracket to the right tension.
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The power steering belt has an adjustment pulley. To tighten the belt on a 1994 Acura Vigor loosen the adjustment pulley and pull it up higher than tighten it.
Do you need to tighten the entire pump assembly (brackets and belt) or just tighten the steering box?
The belt is tightened with an adjusting screw.
look in the instruction booklet
Put it back on and tighten the bracket.
Assuming you have power steering, you may have a loose belt or the power steering system has a leak and the power steering fluid reservoir is low or empty.
Begin by loosening the tensioner pulley. Slide the tensioner pulley to the right. The power steering belt will become loose and can be removed. Put the new power steering belt on and tighten it by sliding the tensioner pulley to the left.
The alternator will move in and out to tighten the belt and the PS pump will do the same
tighten the belt or replace it Maybe a loose power steering box or a worpted pully.
at the power steering pump theres a long bolt on the one side when tighted it tightens the belt.
The power steering unit and the alternator are both driven by the serpentine belt. Loosen the tensioner pulley and the serpentine belt will become loose. Put the new serpentine belt on and tighten the tensioner pulley.