Next up you have to remove the power steering pump by taking the tension off the belt using the factory tensioner. You reuse your stock belt according to RIPP unless you have more than 40,000 miles on it. Next you remove the factory belt tensioning system by taking 2 (13mm) bolts. This exposes a cover plate that you also remove via 1 (16mm) bolt. Oh and some access would have been a lot more difficult if I didn't have flat flares and a stubby bumper, a lot of this was easier going in from the passenger side front fender.
cool install. Is your truck a bullet now?
There is a good bit of difference from stock once you hit 3k RPMs
Now you install the supplied steering pump spacer/ relocation bracket. You mount the spacer directly to the engine block where the power steering pump was relocated with the supplied (5/16) Allen head bolts. They should sit flush into the supplied bracket. RIPP advises to torque them to 18 lbs. The larger of the two brackets went in fine, but the smaller ones threads pulled out almost instantly when I began to install it. We had to spend some time re-threading it, once that was done and we seated the threads better the install could continue.
Next you have to drain all the coolant from the radiator. They suggested using the Petcock on the lower passenger side of the radiator. This was nearly impossible to access so I pulled the lowest coolant hose. Messy but much easier. Make sure you catch the fluid in a clean pan, you will reuse it later.
Next you cut that lower hose to make room for the supercharger. You cut it to the first bend...about 3-4 inches are taken off. Then you just reuse the stock clamp and put it back onto the radiator. Then you pull the heater hose directly behind the alternator from the engine block. You cut about 1.5" from the engine side of the hose.
Next you install the supplied belt tensioner to the engine block using the supplied (10mm) bolt. Be sure to align the alignment pin on back side of tensioner to slot. If installed right the tensioner will be sitting at 1 o'clock when in neutral.
Next, remove the upper radiator supports to move the radiator forward making more room for the supercharger. To do this, remove the power steering reservoir and let it hang to expose mounting point. Loosen bolt holding the bushing (2), slip them out of the radiator and then mount the radiator directly to the upper radiator frame, and insert the bushings behind the radiator tabs. then reinstall hardware and power steering reservoir.
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