nam vet Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 I have a 57B with factory power steering. The pump is mounted to the back of the generator. I took the pump off to send the generator out to be rebuilt. The pictures are not that great but I need the rubber isolator in the back of the pump. Any suggestions?? Thanks Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73116-57b-power-steering-part/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmackpaul Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 Looks to be a fairly standard rubber spider isolator, try a bearing supply place for the replacement Paul Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73116-57b-power-steering-part/#findComment-536112 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Mack Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 See if you can search "Lovejoy couplers" by size and slot count.. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73116-57b-power-steering-part/#findComment-536114 Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleclutchinweasel Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 That's where my mind went too, JoJo. 1 Quote "Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines." Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73116-57b-power-steering-part/#findComment-536135 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Weeks Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 Sometimes smaller electric driven hyd pumps used a similar coupling. All else fails, I would machine one out of Durlain (sp?) Hard nylon type stuff that is somewhat self lubing. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73116-57b-power-steering-part/#findComment-536137 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mean Green Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 Dodge couplings may have something we use those for water pumps Quote If your going to be a bear be a grizzly Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73116-57b-power-steering-part/#findComment-536158 Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleclutchinweasel Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 27 minutes ago, Mean Green said: Dodge couplings may have something we use those for water pumps Hey! I work for Dodge! Make bearings now. Used to make the couplings. Not sure if we make anything that is a direct interchange for that style. 1 Quote "Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines." Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73116-57b-power-steering-part/#findComment-536159 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mean Green Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 Wow that’s something we have big diesel water pumps and they used the dodge couplings that looked like an inside out tire that has a split in it that cool you work there Quote If your going to be a bear be a grizzly Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73116-57b-power-steering-part/#findComment-536220 Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleclutchinweasel Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 10 hours ago, Mean Green said: Wow that’s something we have big diesel water pumps and they used the dodge couplings that looked like an inside out tire that has a split in it that cool you work there I wonder if that is a Paraflex? Quote "Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines." Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73116-57b-power-steering-part/#findComment-536234 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mean Green Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 That be it Quote If your going to be a bear be a grizzly Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73116-57b-power-steering-part/#findComment-536242 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Weeks Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 One of the British buses used one between the hyd flywheel and input of the trans. 1st time I ran across one with that much Hp/torque going through it. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73116-57b-power-steering-part/#findComment-536244 Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleclutchinweasel Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 I made a few hundred thousand of those when I worked at that plant. Now I make the roller bearings. The Paraflex can handle a good bit of torque and a lot of misalignment, both parallel and angular. It's a bad-ass coupling! Quote "Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines." Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73116-57b-power-steering-part/#findComment-536245 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Weeks Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 Yeah well, we wore one to shreds, but could find no makers mark or part number, so sent to England for a replacement, imagine out chagrin to find it came from Indiana! I guess they were laughing at our expense across the pond, we were when we un packed it. All the other buses used a close coupled double cross type joint (took common U joints) but this one bus came in with that Dodge coupling. I had seen small ones on pumps but never one that big with that much power put though it. We cut a "wheelbarrow" tire and installed it to get the bus back to the barn under its own power, but needless to say it couldn't handle but the lightest touch on the throttle, Barely idled back to the barn. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73116-57b-power-steering-part/#findComment-536250 Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleclutchinweasel Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 All the Dodge stuff used to come from Mishawaka, Indiana. Now the couplings are in Weaverville, NC. The roller bearings are here in Marion, NC. The ball bearings are in Rogersville, TN. The gearboxes come from Belton or Greenville, SC. At one time, everything was there is Mishawaka. They even had the corporate offices and a foundry there. It was quite a place. Quote "Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines." Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/73116-57b-power-steering-part/#findComment-536253 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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